You guys have changed the concrete game, especially for us homeowners that want to do weekend projects without spending tons of money! You guys are greatly appreciated!
@@jcberb it is a lot of work, but they prpbaly saved themselves thousands of dollars AND they got exactly what they wanted! Nobody else will have a patio like this.
The little boot prints are awesome!. I helped my dad build a large patio back in 1964. I got a chance to travel back to that house several years ago, and the people living in the house were home. I knocked on the front door, told them I grew up in this house, and they were SO friendly that they invited me in. We shared a few beers on that patio and I show them where my dad and I left our hand prints. Such great memories!
Thank y'all so much for being so patient with us and all our questions, especially on the dry-pour "fire" you've ignited across the interwebs. I imagine your entire yard will be concrete by the time all the questions get video answers!
Thank you! We appreciate y’all taking the time to comment & we are trying to get to every type of pour y’all want to see while still not burning y’all out. We have a very large house build in the works too, so we are always finding ways to add dry pour to our homestead and answer your requests. 🤍
Hi Lydia and Jim, I wrote this piece on another channel, Bayou Farm Life that used your method. I did add some additional information since then. Some of the replies took aim at Mike from Mike Day Concrete and I did address the issue. I understand what Mike was trying to do in his video and I am going to leave it at that. It should be noted, that in certain applications, circumstances and depending on the type of designed concrete mix, the wet pour method is still the best for slabs. Wet pour casti-in-place slabs and finishing takes experience to get that professional final level and finish. The strength of the concrete is based on the design mix whether it is in the pre-mixed bags or from the batch plant. That being said, the main of advantage of dry pour mix, you control the amount of water added into the concrete. For a DIY, that is critical! Remember too much water weakens concrete. The key to a dry mix to get the cement above the stone (unless you want that look, which on a patio might look breath taking). Stone as we know is the main ingredient that gives concrete its strength which we call the aggregate. Stone comes in various sizes, again depending upon the design mix and in the pre-mixed bags they about 1/2 inch or less. if you have a problem achieving that, just get a bag of pure cement and dust the top with a nice coating. CCL technique of getting the stone below is effective. Their method eliminates the need of the magnesium trowel or bull float as the 1st step as in the wet pour method. That important step brings the creme to the surface during the wet pour. Dry pour does not eliminate the need for any type of rebar, wire mesh, ground barrier (plastic sheeting works) expansion and control joints for slabs. As for a finishing technique, depends on what you want to achieve. Any concrete method whether it is wet, mud or in this video, dry, concrete takes 28 day to cure to achieve it design strength. After, the 1st day continue, to keep the concrete wet at least once a day so that it cures properly. If you see small bubbles in the water in the beginning when you wet it, that is perfectly normal. That is the concrete acid doing its thing until the cure is complete and as time goes on, you should see less of that. To credit both Lydia and Jim, a/k/a, Captain Croc, they are not new to the construction field. Each has their experiences and Jim is still in some field which I can not remember right now. As a DIY channel on TH-cam University, Cajun Country Living' gives it to you straight in their achievements, mistakes, and how they correct their mistakes. I have to say it, there are lot of other channels out there that supply a lot mistaken information and especially techniques. As far as I can tell, CCL is not one of them.
You guys have started a dry pour concrete revolution, and I’m part of it. Dry poured a 12’x40’ slab (5’sections) and looks great. You saved me a lot of money. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge. Greetings from Arizona.
Wow, congrats.. sounds huge. Is your slab a driveway? Tell me more... if so did you use rebar? Has it cured enough to drive on it yet? Holding up well?
@@frogmccuish did something like this few years back, I pre wet the ground, misted it pretty good once the form was half full, and then filled it the rest of the way then used a watering method pretty similar to what they did the video, and left it alone for 30 days. [rained a few times durning that 30 days so cant say if it helped or hurt it.] and mine has held up pretty good, I park my truck and mowing trailer set up on it daily. hasnt cracked yet, but the surface has chipped alil but im more of a function over look person.
@@pix2.0 Maybe get right back on the Bitter Bus and head on out. Snarky attempts to bring others down only drags yourself down. As has been said many times on this channel, this method works for people who don't own or know how to use "a mixer and all that." That's most of us. This family could use a mixer but takes joy in doing it themselves and not in a hurry. A mixer and wet pour is generally a rush to get it done before it sets. Why not take joy in others' success? Peace.
@toeknee if you aren't constantly looking for someone to be "snarky", you may have read that in the tone of which the commenter can't afford to pay for a mixer and everything a wet pour entails, but wants a slab. This method allows someone without all the fancy equipment or wheelbarrow to go sloshing wet concrete all over the place. Next time, don't assume everyone is being snarky, and read it as the writer intended. A quick look, would show their previous comments on these videos have been nothing but generous and with good intent. Have a good day
I followed your directions on dry pouring for my 6' x '5' x 3" slab for my golf hitting area in front of my golf net. Quikrete isn't available in my area so I had to use Sakrete. I was nervous it wouldn't work as good as you guys make it look. I'm pleased to report Sakrete gave me the same results that you guys had and your method was INSANELY EASY! I also loved not having any cleanup! No messy buckets, tools, wheelbarrows, none of that mess! I removed the frame after 24 hours and was happy to find the concrete was moist through to the bottom. I started hittin golf balls off it after 36 hours or so. I am so pleased and happy! Thanks for your awesome videos. I made a video for my channel if you want to check it out. Thanks again.
We did a 10x30 in three 10x10 sections using y’all’s method and they all turned out great!! Thank y’all so much. ❤❤ I would love to see y’all tackle dry pour concrete countertops.
How did you connect the 3 together? I'm thinking this might be my best bet since I'm by myself and want a 10 x 15 slab. Are there any videos out there for this method?
@@mariebee3146 we split the pad into 3 10x10 sections. We did the two outer 10x10 pads first, then filled in the middle section once the outer pads were dry. It took us a couple of weekends to do. We just made sure the pads aligned well. Once the concrete pads were dry we placed the wood 2x4 forms on the outside of the pads and connected the two with 2x4 across the top of the pads. There is a video of an older gentleman doing this but I can’t remember his name. If you search dry pour you should find him. Hope this helps.
I'm hooked on you guys videos. Been following you since I first saw your first dry pour video. I have told all my friends, coworkers and family about you guys. Got everyone hooked on you guys too. Lol keep it up guys.
That was very much worth the wait!! Ya'll always manage to inform, entertain and bring a tear to this old man's eye. The best part of this video was that pic of Ladly Rue in her yellow "tu tu" and boots. Well done and God bless you all.🥰
You guys are famous now as the Dry Pour Cement constructors, it really has blown up across the internet, congrats y'all, keep doing what you are doing, 1M subs are a coming your way.
Awesome!!! We have had a lot of people located in a northern climate have lots of success following our method. We just posted a video and did an update on it if you want to check it out as well!
Amazing work! I started watching your videos about a week ago and can’t get enough. Your house build is wonderfully done. I can’t wait to continue my building projects. With my brother’s and my sons help, my little family will have a spacious home. ❤
You guys have instantly become one of my favorite channels. Great information and I just love your vibes. I have a selfish request. I will be doing a Cajun Country dry pour project but I would like to add color. Can you guys do a project with concrete dye or a preferred coloring method so I, and I’m sure many others, have a go by and know what to expect?
Would be interesting what would happen if you used Dry Powder Oxide, Im thinking if you did the dry pour as usual then got the dry powder oxide in whatever colour and threw that onto the cement before you hosed it, thats what I would do, it should work.
Thanks for the final shots in the low angle light, really makes the pattern (and the pitter patter of the boots) really pop. Again I always appreciate your continued video production growth. With the addition of the recap and the blending of all the different modes (time-lapse, slow-mo, along with the b-roll). Just a pleasure. And learning a ton. - Cheers.
We always want to be transparent with y’all & showing in the darker lighting left no room for question. Thank you for watching & having kind words for us.
Trying to get a video out to help everyone who has asked us about a certain type of pour. We love to hear how much we have saved and inspired others to do their own slabs. 🤍
of note, I used a small hammer and tapped all along the sides of the forms before watering. After curing, when I pulled the forms, the sides were super smooth with no aggregate or holes showing.
From a DIY concrete video to existential refelction!! I'm trying to apply that exact philosophy to my life right now...be the love you want to receive in life 💯👍🏾✌🏾
I have an existing patio. I had it poured with concrete four years ago. It’s fine. I just need to clean it, but I would like to paint on it. Can you please help me tell me what what it is I need to do I wanna make it look like tile love y’all, grandma
Its funny, as I watch other dry pour videos on YT I’m saying to them, nope, you’re doing it wrong ..right thru my computer. I’m already an expert ; D Great video!
I see a trend of the projects becoming bigger and bigger... so I'm going to throw it out there and let you guys consider taking on the challenge... of a full sized driveway. You guys would guarantee have an enormous audience if you are willing/able to pull this off. Just want to throw it out there! You folks are giving me and I'm sure many other people confidence on working with concrete that is forgiving, less back breaking, and as nearly as strong as fully mixed Crete. Thank you for the entertaining and educational uploads! Keep em coming👍
I love the concrete slab you did.the foot prints of your baby girl is precious.i love what you are foing with your homestead.take care and as always God bless you and your family always ❤❤❤❤
And here I thought what was happening on the previous video was awesome enough. You two went and out did yourself. The finished project is so much more than awesome The accents are amazing. What I like is that you used something you already had. Which again you two have proved that many things can have more than one purpose. And to add Lady Ladly's boot prints just took it to a whole new level (I'm gonna cry here) Now a concrete slab has become a memorial that will hold many memories as days go by I'm so glad I found your channel. Some will say that it's just TH-cam. Don't get so attached to those people. I may never see you in person. (If I ever get back to Louisiana that would be one of the first things I'd want to do) But you have inspired me. Watching you gives me a calmness in my spirit ( I've never felt that way about TV shows ) When I watch you, I'm informed, laugh my head off, and just enjoy myself. And get a little emotional at times. Thanks for sharing your journey. I'm so excited for you three. I'll stop here Sorry so lengthy Love you guys
Its awesome to see those little boot imprints walk across your concrete heart . Its kool to see how something I think is so complicated become a concrete statement of losing your fear & doing it can be so rewarding. Looks awesome footprints
The first video I ever watched, I just kept saying the whole time: "They're trolling the entire internet! This is completely fake. It doesn't work. They even made up fake elaborate techniques on how to make this hoax-of-a-project turn out fake-better, but it's gonna turn out all cracked and uneven and terrible, and then they're gonna laugh at me when I watched all the way to the end! This is the highest production value ruse I've ever seen and I can't stop watching. It's brilliant. They're gonna roast me so hard at the end, when it's a cracked puddle, and I'm still watching." And then it wasn't... a cracked puddle... Unbelievable... You guys are amazing! Folks should have to pay for information this good! You just gave us "technology". You two, are like a startup. You're founders now! You're going to disrupt the whole sector. Concrete-mixing-"anything"-manufacturers are going to go out of business everywhere, unless they pivot into "dry pouring products and services" for high end clientele. (DIYers aren't paying anyone ever again. That market's gone. I don't need to rent anything... or hire anyone... or be home when the mixing truck is scheduled to pour...). Investors should be trampling one another to give you capital. The world just got changed. You must be using A.I. or something. I'm so glad I don't have a cement pouring business right now. I'd be sending people home, selling off mixing trucks (while there's still a market for them, before prices crater), and then I'd try to get my business up on this "dry-pour-hype-train" ASAP, or risk closing my doors completely. My prayers are with them... And my driveway's gonna look so sick now! The city's going to have to come up with new permits for the things I'm going to do to my home with concrete. You guys are inspiring! I got projects on projects now. A statue of a lion with my face, chasing a zebra with my face. Front yard. Game. Changed. Congratulations on everything! And I thank you both.
You guys are Awesome! After watching your videos on the dry pour, several times, I tackled a 5x10' ,4" deep. Nice to see you follow up with other videos!! Wow.. I wish I had my wife helping me.. I was exhausted.. But it came out amazing. I couldn't believe it. And the Paint roller. Holly COW!! what a huge difference!! The one bad thing that I forgot to do, and you showed us... cover it over night!!!! You were afraid of your chickens walking on it at the time. I forgot to do it because I was so tired from all the digging and leveling and pouring and sawing to level and also carrying 33 bags of cement, 80lbs.I forgot to cover up even after 3 mist's and 2 shower coats! So it rained overnight and I found that I have 2 gutter leaks and they dripped 2 large holes overnight into the fresh cement, since this was close up against the house... SMH! So I fixed the holes and my next step is to get a cement paint and coat over the imperfections. I liked your other video on the inside cement floor, but I wanted to get something like a rubber coating type sealer paint for outside. Thoughts? You guys are amazing!!!
Thank you so much for sharing all of the dry pouring content… my wife and I just extended our patio yesterday. Now just patiently waiting for the slab to cure. :)
Yep, time with family that loves you is what matters. I still have the door molding from the garage where I marked the kids growth over the years. moved twice, still have the board.
Yall have inspired me to pour a dry walkway! Im binging your videos to make sure I'm totally prepared and do it right. Thank you so much for the inspiration and kind words of wisdom!
that slab looks so cool you will have lots of good use and the memories are stamped right in since you started showing the dry pour videos its all I see on TH-cam now lol thanks for sharing these pieces of your daily lives see you all soon
You guys have changed the game the way DIYers are doing concrete at their homes. The pros are feeling the pressure because they are constantly trying to discredit your methods. With a few of their peanut gallery in tow!! So you know your methods have become very popular with other TH-camrs giving you your props. I would love to see if you would do a stamping method using the rubberriffic double sided rubber patio stones to see the imprint it would have in the concrete. Thank you so much for your expertise and looking forward to your next project..
As usual another wonderful video. The two of you have once again knocked it out of the park. Thank you for sharing your work, knowledge and inspiration. I have been planning to pour some slabs around the house and now I know how that is going to be done!
You two have made such a difference in my life! Just a few weeks ago I was able to dry pour a small patio in my back yard for approx $600! now I have someplace for my chairs, table and grill! Thank you!!!
What an amazing family! Keep the wonderful videos coming, look forward to each and every one of them. The dry pour brought me to you and sent me to the beginning of your video build. Binged through the entire library and wanted more. Great work to the both of you.
Wow. Looks like I need to move to Louisiana next door. Maybe Lydia can help me build my house too. What a beautiful lady. Jim you are luckier than you realize.
WOW absolutely beautiful new patio and the pattern you used for the imprint was awesome and the icing on the slab were your daughters boots. NO DATE on slab anywhere??? You two are awesome for sure and think out of the box to design this slab. THANK YOU for this AWESOME video. God is Blessing you ALL.
I find your videos informative and RELAXING. So much so, I have to start each video 4 or 5 times just to get in 1 complete viewing because of “power naps”. Your speaking tone and choice of music is perfect! Great job and hats off to both of you. Cheers.
I absolutely love your videos, energy and approach! I have a fixer upper home with lots of projects and I am so happy I found your channel! I will be trying this this summer! Thank you for awesome videos and sharing all your experienced with us!! So Grateful!!!
This has been a game changer. Just finished a 10'x12'x4" Dry Pour for an addition to an existing building. The results are awesome! Thanks for your insight.
Hey Hey!!!!! Im in early today!!! Yall!!!..... The boot prints was an amazing idea! I LOVE IT. I had said before that I thought yall should have let little Miss put her hand prints in one of the slabs but the boots were an even better idea. Maybe one day she'll be living on the property with her own kids (you know in 30 years... right dad 🤣) and be able to show them these memories. Thanks for the great break, yall!! Back to work... have a wonderful rest of the week!
HEYYYOOOO. Did the boss man finally answer our call? 🤣 we hope one day she will be right here showing her kids how little she was. ❤️ pulling at the heartstrings this week Bodie!!😭 we never want her to grow up! We hope you had a safe trip back!
Great job once again , you to never fail to show us all and the words of wisdom you share are so true for all of us . Love you guys and your creativity !!!
You did a great job! There are a lot of people trying this method and sharing their opinions on youtube. We intend to improve some areas around our cattle working area using this method too. You two, do a really good job making videos! You are both easy to understand and you are very good at videoing and editing. The voice/music volume levels are perfect! Hopefully more content makers will catch on to this. It is frustrating for me when I cannot hear the person speaking because the music is too loud or when the video cuts from voice to music and I have to adjust volume down for loud music and up again when the person starts speaking again. Also, your choice of music is nice. Thank you for sharing!
Very happy I stumbled across your video’s!! I to have decided on country living and these videos will be extremely helpful. Thanks for being there. From down under😊
You guys are a great inspiration. I did my first dry pour yesterday. A 10x20 patio extension. I also got one of those flagstone forms and stamped the top of it. It looks amazing and was easy to do by myself except for the 80# bags that I’m still feeling this morning. Can’t wait to do more projects this way.
This dry pour stuff is a total game-changer for DIY concrete... a revolution. I don't know if you guys invented it or merely refined an existing idea, but either way thank you. For you concrete professionals, don't hate on these guys and don't worry, your jobs are safe. The percentage of the population that even *THINKS* about pouring their own concrete is 0.001 percent.
Thank you for these videos. My next neighbor and I are going to do dry pour to extend my driveway. The original cost was little over 5000.00. This method is going to save me thousands. I’m 62 and she is in her 50’s and we are so excited to do this project. We will update when completed. Thank you again for method.
I intend to do a dry concrete for our future jacuzzi spot. The area is about 9x12. We have broken patio stones that I want to put under. This should save me some money so hopefully, it will work. I figure a whole layer of broken patio stones then to pour the dry cement over it and then spray it as you mentioned. I also have some beautiful black bricks so will use those all around.
Love these two. I just subscribed because they just showed us how we could afford a concrete slab for the carport of our 100 year-old farmhouse. Thanks.
You guys have changed the concrete game, especially for us homeowners that want to do weekend projects without spending tons of money! You guys are greatly appreciated!
It is a lot of work moving 50lb-80lb bags of concrete repeatedly. After your done I think you will be willing to pay for future concrete work :)
@@jcberb it is a lot of work, but they prpbaly saved themselves thousands of dollars AND they got exactly what they wanted! Nobody else will have a patio like this.
I loved how you showed me that you can pour over set concrete
The little boot prints are awesome!. I helped my dad build a large patio back in 1964. I got a chance to travel back to that house several years ago, and the people living in the house were home. I knocked on the front door, told them I grew up in this house, and they were SO friendly that they invited me in. We shared a few beers on that patio and I show them where my dad and I left our hand prints. Such great memories!
That’s such a great memory. Humanity restored.🤍 thank you for sharing!
Love to see a couple work so well together. What a blessing! ❤
Thank y'all so much for being so patient with us and all our questions, especially on the dry-pour "fire" you've ignited across the interwebs. I imagine your entire yard will be concrete by the time all the questions get video answers!
Thank you! We appreciate y’all taking the time to comment & we are trying to get to every type of pour y’all want to see while still not burning y’all out. We have a very large house build in the works too, so we are always finding ways to add dry pour to our homestead and answer your requests. 🤍
Can you/should you, use a wire mesh embedded into the dry pour to strengthen it?
@@CajunCountryLivin a quick question, how to finish the surface so bare foot walking is comfortable?
This one touches my heart. Someday your little girl will share the story of this patio and the boot prints with her children. Great job, guys!
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Absolutely. ❤️
The best part is your little girl will have these TH-cam videos for the rest of her life not just seeing the awesome concrete work
One of the main reasons we started up our channel. ❤️
I loved the idea putting the boot prints on the concrete as a memory. You will be surprised one day on how fast time flies.
My family and I tried your dry pour method, and it came out awesome. Thanks Cajon Family. 😊
Love to hear that Clyde!! So happy for y’all!🤍
As a single woman this is a game changer. Thank you so much for this video.
Hi Lydia and Jim, I wrote this piece on another channel, Bayou Farm Life that used your method. I did add some additional information since then. Some of the replies took aim at Mike from Mike Day Concrete and I did address the issue.
I understand what Mike was trying to do in his video and I am going to leave it at that. It should be noted, that in certain applications, circumstances and depending on the type of designed concrete mix, the wet pour method is still the best for slabs. Wet pour casti-in-place slabs and finishing takes experience to get that professional final level and finish. The strength of the concrete is based on the design mix whether it is in the pre-mixed bags or from the batch plant.
That being said, the main of advantage of dry pour mix, you control the amount of water added into the concrete. For a DIY, that is critical! Remember too much water weakens concrete. The key to a dry mix to get the cement above the stone (unless you want that look, which on a patio might look breath taking). Stone as we know is the main ingredient that gives concrete its strength which we call the aggregate. Stone comes in various sizes, again depending upon the design mix and in the pre-mixed bags they about 1/2 inch or less. if you have a problem achieving that, just get a bag of pure cement and dust the top with a nice coating. CCL technique of getting the stone below is effective. Their method eliminates the need of the magnesium trowel or bull float as the 1st step as in the wet pour method. That important step brings the creme to the surface during the wet pour.
Dry pour does not eliminate the need for any type of rebar, wire mesh, ground barrier (plastic sheeting works) expansion and control joints for slabs. As for a finishing technique, depends on what you want to achieve. Any concrete method whether it is wet, mud or in this video, dry, concrete takes 28 day to cure to achieve it design strength. After, the 1st day continue, to keep the concrete wet at least once a day so that it cures properly. If you see small bubbles in the water in the beginning when you wet it, that is perfectly normal. That is the concrete acid doing its thing until the cure is complete and as time goes on, you should see less of that.
To credit both Lydia and Jim, a/k/a, Captain Croc, they are not new to the construction field. Each has their experiences and Jim is still in some field which I can not remember right now. As a DIY channel on TH-cam University, Cajun Country Living' gives it to you straight in their achievements, mistakes, and how they correct their mistakes. I have to say it, there are lot of other channels out there that supply a lot mistaken information and especially techniques. As far as I can tell, CCL is not one of them.
You guys have started a dry pour concrete revolution, and I’m part of it. Dry poured a 12’x40’ slab (5’sections) and looks great. You saved me a lot of money. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge. Greetings from Arizona.
Wow, congrats.. sounds huge. Is your slab a driveway? Tell me more... if so did you use rebar? Has it cured enough to drive on it yet? Holding up well?
@@frogmccuish did something like this few years back, I pre wet the ground, misted it pretty good once the form was half full, and then filled it the rest of the way then used a watering method pretty similar to what they did the video, and left it alone for 30 days. [rained a few times durning that 30 days so cant say if it helped or hurt it.] and mine has held up pretty good, I park my truck and mowing trailer set up on it daily. hasnt cracked yet, but the surface has chipped alil but im more of a function over look person.
I see what y’all did there! Building your home, creating memories, and establishing legacy! Im awestruck. 💙❤️❤️
Always Alvin!❤️🤍❤️🤍
Best pour yet IMO. Thanks for inspiring us to do what we never realized we could do.
Right because we could never afford to have this done with a mixer and all of that. This saves us.
@@pix2.0 Maybe get right back on the Bitter Bus and head on out. Snarky attempts to bring others down only drags yourself down. As has been said many times on this channel, this method works for people who don't own or know how to use "a mixer and all that." That's most of us. This family could use a mixer but takes joy in doing it themselves and not in a hurry. A mixer and wet pour is generally a rush to get it done before it sets. Why not take joy in others' success? Peace.
@toeknee if you aren't constantly looking for someone to be "snarky", you may have read that in the tone of which the commenter can't afford to pay for a mixer and everything a wet pour entails, but wants a slab. This method allows someone without all the fancy equipment or wheelbarrow to go sloshing wet concrete all over the place. Next time, don't assume everyone is being snarky, and read it as the writer intended. A quick look, would show their previous comments on these videos have been nothing but generous and with good intent. Have a good day
I followed your directions on dry pouring for my 6' x '5' x 3" slab for my golf hitting area in front of my golf net. Quikrete isn't available in my area so I had to use Sakrete. I was nervous it wouldn't work as good as you guys make it look. I'm pleased to report Sakrete gave me the same results that you guys had and your method was INSANELY EASY! I also loved not having any cleanup! No messy buckets, tools, wheelbarrows, none of that mess! I removed the frame after 24 hours and was happy to find the concrete was moist through to the bottom. I started hittin golf balls off it after 36 hours or so. I am so pleased and happy! Thanks for your awesome videos. I made a video for my channel if you want to check it out. Thanks again.
You guys are taken the world by storm. Congratulations.❤😂🎉😊
Great idea to put Ladlys tiny boot prints in the concrete-What great memorys for her in the future-Great job !!!
❤️🤍❤️
He's my spirit animal (wears crocs on all projects) and she's super supportive and all-around uber attractive. Win win!
This is all around hilarious & sweet. Just how we like it!😁❤️
Another truly amazing, stress free concrete project. As a parent, those little boot prints brought a tear or two to my eye. Thank you.
We did a 10x30 in three 10x10 sections using y’all’s method and they all turned out great!! Thank y’all so much. ❤❤ I would love to see y’all tackle dry pour concrete countertops.
How did you connect the 3 together? I'm thinking this might be my best bet since I'm by myself and want a 10 x 15 slab. Are there any videos out there for this method?
@@mariebee3146 we split the pad into 3 10x10 sections. We did the two outer 10x10 pads first, then filled in the middle section once the outer pads were dry. It took us a couple of weekends to do. We just made sure the pads aligned well. Once the concrete pads were dry we placed the wood 2x4 forms on the outside of the pads and connected the two with 2x4 across the top of the pads. There is a video of an older gentleman doing this but I can’t remember his name. If you search dry pour you should find him. Hope this helps.
I'm hooked on you guys videos. Been following you since I first saw your first dry pour video. I have told all my friends, coworkers and family about you guys. Got everyone hooked on you guys too. Lol keep it up guys.
Awesome!! We love that so much. We appreciate you sharing us & we will be here for a long time!😁
That was very much worth the wait!! Ya'll always manage to inform, entertain and bring a tear to this old man's eye. The best part of this video was that pic of Ladly Rue in her yellow "tu tu" and boots. Well done and God bless you all.🥰
Thank you!!!🤍 she’s about a ham and a half. She LOVES to dress up. 💃
You guys are famous now as the Dry Pour Cement constructors, it really has blown up across the internet, congrats y'all, keep doing what you are doing, 1M subs are a coming your way.
Thank you James!!🤍
With artistic endeavours you never know how the finish product would look like. This turned out to be a piece of art. Nice going and a fun to watch.
Absolutely! Thank you for watching!
Thanks! You guys have a great message. Gonna try this in Deerfield, NH this spring for a generator pad.
Awesome!!! We have had a lot of people located in a northern climate have lots of success following our method. We just posted a video and did an update on it if you want to check it out as well!
Amazing work! I started watching your videos about a week ago and can’t get enough. Your house build is wonderfully done. I can’t wait to continue my building projects. With my brother’s and my sons help, my little family will have a spacious home. ❤
You guys have instantly become one of my favorite channels. Great information and I just love your vibes. I have a selfish request. I will be doing a Cajun Country dry pour project but I would like to add color. Can you guys do a project with concrete dye or a preferred coloring method so I, and I’m sure many others, have a go by and know what to expect?
Would be interesting what would happen if you used Dry Powder Oxide, Im thinking if you did the dry pour as usual then got the dry powder oxide in whatever colour and threw that onto the cement before you hosed it, thats what I would do, it should work.
Awesome video idea
Those little boot prints are cute. Good job folks. I sure do enjoy watching y'all. Take care.
Thanks for the final shots in the low angle light, really makes the pattern (and the pitter patter of the boots) really pop. Again I always appreciate your continued video production growth. With the addition of the recap and the blending of all the different modes (time-lapse, slow-mo, along with the b-roll). Just a pleasure. And learning a ton. - Cheers.
We always want to be transparent with y’all & showing in the darker lighting left no room for question. Thank you for watching & having kind words for us.
Riding that dry pour wave. You started the craze so enjoy
Trying to get a video out to help everyone who has asked us about a certain type of pour. We love to hear how much we have saved and inspired others to do their own slabs. 🤍
Love the stamping on the concrete and the meaning behind it. ❤️🇦🇺👍🦋🦋
Thank you Maxine!
of note, I used a small hammer and tapped all along the sides of the forms before watering. After curing, when I pulled the forms, the sides were super smooth with no aggregate or holes showing.
From a DIY concrete video to existential refelction!! I'm trying to apply that exact philosophy to my life right now...be the love you want to receive in life 💯👍🏾✌🏾
Awesome!! ❤️ we love to hear it.
I have an existing patio. I had it poured with concrete four years ago. It’s fine. I just need to clean it, but I would like to paint on it. Can you please help me tell me what what it is I need to do I wanna make it look like tile love y’all, grandma
Grandma is from NC
Beautiful
Its funny, as I watch other dry pour videos on YT I’m saying to them, nope, you’re doing it wrong ..right thru my computer. I’m already an expert ; D Great video!
😂😂😂 love it!
I see a trend of the projects becoming bigger and bigger... so I'm going to throw it out there and let you guys consider taking on the challenge... of a full sized driveway. You guys would guarantee have an enormous audience if you are willing/able to pull this off. Just want to throw it out there! You folks are giving me and I'm sure many other people confidence on working with concrete that is forgiving, less back breaking, and as nearly as strong as fully mixed Crete. Thank you for the entertaining and educational uploads! Keep em coming👍
Did our first dry pour yesterday to test it out, worked great!
I love the concrete slab you did.the foot prints of your baby girl is precious.i love what you are foing with your homestead.take care and as always God bless you and your family always ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
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As a grandfather of 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild this has touched my heart strings. God bless you two and your precious little one
Much love to you Keith. 🤍
And here I thought what was happening on the previous video was awesome enough. You two went and out did yourself.
The finished project is so much more than awesome
The accents are amazing.
What I like is that you used something you already had. Which again you two have proved that many things can have more than one purpose.
And to add Lady Ladly's boot prints just took it to a whole new level
(I'm gonna cry here)
Now a concrete slab has become a memorial that will hold many memories as days go by
I'm so glad I found your channel.
Some will say that it's just TH-cam.
Don't get so attached to those people.
I may never see you in person. (If I ever get back to Louisiana that would be one of the first things I'd want to do) But you have inspired me. Watching you gives me a calmness in my spirit ( I've never felt that way about TV shows )
When I watch you, I'm informed, laugh my head off, and just enjoy myself. And get a little emotional at times.
Thanks for sharing
your journey.
I'm so excited for you three.
I'll stop here
Sorry so lengthy
Love you guys
Its awesome to see those little boot imprints walk across your concrete heart . Its kool to see how something I think is so complicated become a concrete statement of losing your fear & doing it can be so rewarding. Looks awesome footprints
Y’all are the King and Queen of dry pour concrete 😉
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Currently digging out a spot for a patio. Can't wait to give this a try. Thank you!
The first video I ever watched, I just kept saying the whole time: "They're trolling the entire internet! This is completely fake. It doesn't work. They even made up fake elaborate techniques on how to make this hoax-of-a-project turn out fake-better, but it's gonna turn out all cracked and uneven and terrible, and then they're gonna laugh at me when I watched all the way to the end! This is the highest production value ruse I've ever seen and I can't stop watching. It's brilliant. They're gonna roast me so hard at the end, when it's a cracked puddle, and I'm still watching."
And then it wasn't... a cracked puddle...
Unbelievable...
You guys are amazing! Folks should have to pay for information this good!
You just gave us "technology". You two, are like a startup. You're founders now! You're going to disrupt the whole sector. Concrete-mixing-"anything"-manufacturers are going to go out of business everywhere, unless they pivot into "dry pouring products and services" for high end clientele. (DIYers aren't paying anyone ever again. That market's gone. I don't need to rent anything... or hire anyone... or be home when the mixing truck is scheduled to pour...). Investors should be trampling one another to give you capital. The world just got changed. You must be using A.I. or something.
I'm so glad I don't have a cement pouring business right now. I'd be sending people home, selling off mixing trucks (while there's still a market for them, before prices crater), and then I'd try to get my business up on this "dry-pour-hype-train" ASAP, or risk closing my doors completely. My prayers are with them... And my driveway's gonna look so sick now! The city's going to have to come up with new permits for the things I'm going to do to my home with concrete. You guys are inspiring! I got projects on projects now. A statue of a lion with my face, chasing a zebra with my face. Front yard.
Game. Changed.
Congratulations on everything! And I thank you both.
You guys are Awesome! After watching your videos on the dry pour, several times, I tackled a 5x10' ,4" deep. Nice to see you follow up with other videos!! Wow.. I wish I had my wife helping me.. I was exhausted.. But it came out amazing. I couldn't believe it. And the Paint roller. Holly COW!! what a huge difference!! The one bad thing that I forgot to do, and you showed us... cover it over night!!!! You were afraid of your chickens walking on it at the time. I forgot to do it because I was so tired from all the digging and leveling and pouring and sawing to level and also carrying 33 bags of cement, 80lbs.I forgot to cover up even after 3 mist's and 2 shower coats! So it rained overnight and I found that I have 2 gutter leaks and they dripped 2 large holes overnight into the fresh cement, since this was close up against the house... SMH! So I fixed the holes and my next step is to get a cement paint and coat over the imperfections. I liked your other video on the inside cement floor, but I wanted to get something like a rubber coating type sealer paint for outside. Thoughts?
You guys are amazing!!!
I'm looking for the same smooth top finish as you. Any ideas yet? I was thinking about a different concrete mix that is more sand than rocks.
Thank you so much for sharing all of the dry pouring content… my wife and I just extended our patio yesterday. Now just patiently waiting for the slab to cure. :)
Awe, that’s so sweet and precious what you did with the baby boots, love 💕 it
Thank you Judy! 🤍
Yep, time with family that loves you is what matters. I still have the door molding from the garage where I marked the kids growth over the years. moved twice, still have the board.
Absolutely!🤍 thank you for watching.
Yall have inspired me to pour a dry walkway! Im binging your videos to make sure I'm totally prepared and do it right. Thank you so much for the inspiration and kind words of wisdom!
That’s great!! So happy for you Teresa!
Fabulous. Loved the ideas. Now I want to do one with all great grands in it. Shoe marks , names, different ideas maybe for each one of the eight.😊
that slab looks so cool you will have lots of good use and the memories are stamped right in since you started showing the dry pour videos its all I see on TH-cam now lol thanks for sharing these pieces of your daily lives see you all soon
Thank you so much!
I love your projects, your innovative ideas right outside of the box, your attitudes towards life. You two are amazining! ❤❤❤
Thanks!
Great video, you all are very natural at making videos and I love the DIY stuff. I enjoy your innovative content very much!
You guys have changed the game the way DIYers are doing concrete at their homes. The pros are feeling the pressure because they are constantly trying to discredit your methods. With a few of their peanut gallery in tow!! So you know your methods have become very popular with other TH-camrs giving you your props. I would love to see if you would do a stamping method using the rubberriffic double sided rubber patio stones to see the imprint it would have in the concrete. Thank you so much for your expertise and looking forward to your next project..
I love the boot prints definitely makes you stop and smell the roses. Kids grow up so fast. The slab turned out really good. ❤❤
Absolutely!🤍
As usual another wonderful video. The two of you have once again knocked it out of the park. Thank you for sharing your work, knowledge and inspiration. I have been planning to pour some slabs around the house and now I know how that is going to be done!
Thank you for watching!! We appreciate all the love and support from y’all and we love to hear that people are going to be pouring their own projects!
You two have made such a difference in my life! Just a few weeks ago I was able to dry pour a small patio in my back yard for approx $600! now I have someplace for my chairs, table and grill! Thank you!!!
That’s awesome!! So so happy for you!
How large was the patio for $600?
Those boot prints are priceless. I love it!
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Knocked it out of the park on this one!! I'm completely impressed with your creativity 😊
Thank you!!
The pad looks fabulous, the memories within it are precious ❤ you both do great work, keep doing what your doing 😊 🇬🇧
Thank you Jane!
Great video! Have you tried drilling anything into the concrete? Wondering how it would hold up to securing pergola posts to it
What an amazing family! Keep the wonderful videos coming, look forward to each and every one of them. The dry pour brought me to you and sent me to the beginning of your video build. Binged through the entire library and wanted more. Great work to the both of you.
Thank you so much!🤍🤍 we love to hear comments like this and appreciate you taking the time to leave us such kind words.
Wow. Looks like I need to move to Louisiana next door. Maybe Lydia can help me build my house too. What a beautiful lady. Jim you are luckier than you realize.
Good 👍🏻 made me smile 😊
Glad your having fun with stuff 💃🏻
The cliffhanger was totally worth it. Awesome job.
Thank you!
smiling big here in South Alabama............that is the prettiest blue you guys chose for your house. Making Concrete Interesting Again...
Thank you! We love it too!
WOW absolutely beautiful new patio and the pattern you used for the imprint was awesome and the icing on the slab were your daughters boots. NO DATE on slab anywhere??? You two are awesome for sure and think out of the box to design this slab. THANK YOU for this AWESOME video. God is Blessing you ALL.
That would’ve been a good idea. Dang it! 🫣
Thank you for watching!!
I find your videos informative and RELAXING. So much so, I have to start each video 4 or 5 times just to get in 1 complete viewing because of “power naps”. Your speaking tone and choice of music is perfect! Great job and hats off to both of you. Cheers.
Very Cool! A real touch of class with the footprints. Your daughter will always remember this piece of concrete. Great video.
Great job with these dry pour videos. I’m so glad I came across your channel. I plan to try this out soon!
Thank you! So glad you have stayed!
I liked the dog watching more than the process, so cute.
I absolutely love your videos, energy and approach! I have a fixer upper home with lots of projects and I am so happy I found your channel! I will be trying this this summer! Thank you for awesome videos and sharing all your experienced with us!! So Grateful!!!
This has been a game changer. Just finished a 10'x12'x4" Dry Pour for an addition to an existing building. The results are awesome! Thanks for your insight.
Hey Hey!!!!! Im in early today!!! Yall!!!..... The boot prints was an amazing idea! I LOVE IT. I had said before that I thought yall should have let little Miss put her hand prints in one of the slabs but the boots were an even better idea. Maybe one day she'll be living on the property with her own kids (you know in 30 years... right dad 🤣) and be able to show them these memories. Thanks for the great break, yall!! Back to work... have a wonderful rest of the week!
HEYYYOOOO. Did the boss man finally answer our call? 🤣 we hope one day she will be right here showing her kids how little she was. ❤️ pulling at the heartstrings this week Bodie!!😭 we never want her to grow up! We hope you had a safe trip back!
Great job once again , you to never fail to show us all and the words of wisdom you share are so true for all of us . Love you guys and your creativity !!!
Thank you! Much love to you Darren!💟
You did a great job! There are a lot of people trying this method and sharing their opinions on youtube. We intend to improve some areas around our cattle working area using this method too. You two, do a really good job making videos! You are both easy to understand and you are very good at videoing and editing. The voice/music volume levels are perfect! Hopefully more content makers will catch on to this. It is frustrating for me when I cannot hear the person speaking because the music is too loud or when the video cuts from voice to music and I have to adjust volume down for loud music and up again when the person starts speaking again. Also, your choice of music is nice. Thank you for sharing!
Looks absolutely beautiful what a creative pair you are. Always putting out fantastic ideas to spruce up the place. 👍👍
Thank you Billy!!🤍
@CajunCountryLivin what do you recommend putting between an existing slab & a new dry pour?
We want to add onto our patio...
Guys this one had me in tears thinking about my girls that are already grown! Great job and great message. Thank you!!!!
Very happy I stumbled across your video’s!! I to have decided on country living and these videos will be extremely helpful. Thanks for being there. From down under😊
I just dry poured my ORV garage. 12'X30' I was not interested in paying overpriced laborers! Thank you for sharing your videos that inspired me
You guys are a great inspiration. I did my first dry pour yesterday. A 10x20 patio extension. I also got one of those flagstone forms and stamped the top of it. It looks amazing and was easy to do by myself except for the 80# bags that I’m still feeling this morning. Can’t wait to do more projects this way.
That’s awesome!! Those 80lbs bags will get you every time!
I made a little video earlier. Go check it out and see what you inspired.
Very cool! We absolutely will!
Where can we find the video?
The foot prints just melt my heart !!!!!!!!
you are doing beatiful work looks easy i will try got nothing to loose got to learn
That's just beautiful! Her tiny footprints are priceless ❤
Thank you!!
This dry pour stuff is a total game-changer for DIY concrete... a revolution. I don't know if you guys invented it or merely refined an existing idea, but either way thank you. For you concrete professionals, don't hate on these guys and don't worry, your jobs are safe. The percentage of the population that even *THINKS* about pouring their own concrete is 0.001 percent.
Love how this project turned out, it looks awesome.
Did my first dry pour today. An extension on an old carport. Didn’t come out quite as smooth as yall’s, but I’m pretty happy with it.
Thank goodness 🎉❤I found yall now I am totally ready to get started on my concrete project ❤thank you Cajun Family 🙏🏼😇
You got this! Thank you for watching!
I can’t telllll you how much of an inspirational video this is!!! This is more than a game changer!!!
Thank you for these videos. My next neighbor and I are going to do dry pour to extend my driveway. The original cost was little over 5000.00. This method is going to save me thousands. I’m 62 and she is in her 50’s and we are so excited to do this project. We will update when completed. Thank you again for method.
How'd it go? Plz share
I intend to do a dry concrete for our future jacuzzi spot. The area is about 9x12. We have broken patio stones that I want to put under. This should save me some money so hopefully, it will work. I figure a whole layer of broken patio stones then to pour the dry cement over it and then spray it as you mentioned. I also have some beautiful black bricks so will use those all around.
LOVE YOUR WORK...AND YOUR ENERGY! Educating myself from your videos to do a small patio. My question is...can you mix in a colorant to a dry pour?
Love you guys and your videos!! I can't wait to do my first dry pour in a week or two!!!!
Thank you! Can’t wait to hear how it goes!
Love these two. I just subscribed because they just showed us how we could afford a concrete slab for the carport of our 100 year-old farmhouse. Thanks.
Thank you for the sub and we hope your project turns out great!
Looks very good. The footprints are a brilliant idea.
Thank you!
Wabi Sabi - the Japanese art of appreciating imperfection. Friend, that slab has beautiful Wabi Sabi.
I am impressed with your job and creativity.
Thank you James!
That turned out beautiful. I love the touch with your daughters boots, too. Georgious
I love the boots on the concrete! Also, I love the chemistry u too have. ❤❤❤
Another awesome video, with gorgeous outcome of creativity! Thank you!