Радует,что Русские специалисты все же обладают гораздо большим чувством эстетики.О качестве уж не говорю.Изделия по такой технологии я встречал в старых общественных банях,скамейки и подставки для шаек.Дядьки серьёзные а продукт деребас!
I would choose a concrete counter top any day of the week, its the same stuff as what you walk on. The moisture wont do anything to the finish, its a stain, typically, which means that it wont be messed up with water. Also you seal it, like you do a slab, so there is nothing to peel off. This stain soaks into the concrete and basically is the new color of the concrete. Plus you dont have to worry about dropping a pan on it, just dont take a hammer to it and it should stand the test of time
AKA Nathan funny. I was thinking the same. Should've added sealer to the grey and called it a day. All that work when Granite looks 1,000,000 times better..
Филипп Пахлов amerikanskij idiotizm. neponimaju zacem ddelatj takoi bred esli estj gotovie stolesnici dlja kuhni?iz dereva,iz dsp,iz kamnja,mramora? ei bogu,amerikanci do sih por v kamennom veke zivu?kak to otstalo vse vigljadet. osobenno rakovina belaja emalirrovanaja s sovdepovskim kranom. video ne iz 30-h godov :)
The substrat is cut so as to strengthen the edge of the pour. if the substrat is left at a 90deg, it provides for a weak point in the concrete directly at that corner.
as the video says, a typical 2" poured countertop weighs about 25# per sq ft. unless your cabinets just suck, they should hold it no problem. also, when you lay your 3/4" CDX deck, that will help distribute the weight quite nicely.
if you add a specific aggregate to the concrete and after it cures polish the edges and surface to expose the aggregate, the final finish may be a nicer cosmetic final finish. Similar to concrete sinks and the like. It would add the work and special equipment to sand/polish it which is no small feat.
es un excelente trabajo,para mi el color del acabado desmerece un poco pero en terminos generales ex excelente, para quienes conocemos este trabajo reconosco que es un gran esfuerzo, el unico punto es que esta sobre madera
..even the brown would not have been quite so bad - but - using a gloss finish? YUK! It amplifies EVERY imperfection. The end product looks VERY amateur when it could have been great.. these guys need to do another finish to show how wonderful concrete tops can look.
i cast concrete for a living.these comments are cracking me up! I don't need to say anything.seriously, guys, I haven't laughed this hard in months, thanks.
+Chris ram The color is hideous, almost all the acids and stains result in dark, muddy "colors". I've used latex paint with some success, you need a lot more than you think so it displaces other liquid (water) and adds an unknown "additive" quality. Other than that, these guys are good and it shows that although concrete counters are basically easy, there is nothing like experience and skill. Concrete doesn't forgive like other materials, that are easy to correct. And like staircases, you probably won't build that many in your life, unless that's all you do, so it's difficult to speak with 'lots' of experience unless you're a pro.
not true people who clean houses know that that area has to be wiped off, liquids drip around rounded edges, I would suggest that should be painted underneath.
extremely labor intensive for something that does not look that great in the end and will be a bear to remove in the future if homeowner tastes change. I could see using this in an exterior kitchen or patio grille area.
+BJEAKE All true, it's why I'm keeping the bullnoses and other decorations out of the design. Straight, level and slick and as thin as you can, the bridge between the front of a sink and the edge of the counter can be almost 30" long and only a few inches square, in cross sectional area. Putting rebar in that space is delicate but critical and the depth of the concrete has to stay at 1 1/2" minimum. In ten years some football player type will sit or even step on it. When they say the cabinets don't need to be reinforced, I'd argue some. Mushboard (MDF) cabs don't even support themselves after ten years.
That totally look like crap at the end..cmon all that work for it to look like shit!! Tilling the counter top would have even looked better and finished quicker!
I made my cement outside kitchen, built in sink and grill. using rebar and 2x4, chip board for the framing. I handmade all the ceramic tiles. It took two years for me to do this. After days of curing, Just water hose the cement a few times. The chip board will swell and just fall off. I gladly will send pictures. This would cost $20,000 if it was contracted out.
I like your work, but I'm not a fan of countertops made from cement. Especially that color. Other than that, you'd did an excellent job, never seen this done before.
very work intensive......but as a sub base for tiles its ok, these type's of tops are the norm in philippines and cabinets are also concrete only wood is the doors. i've seen many, some amazing, some shit, really its up to the individual....
Concrete is supposed to be polished. Then it looks like stone. The counter top in this video was rough. The whole point of concrete counter tops is to have a seamless stone-looking surface.
bunas ideas, sin embargo el acabado tiene poco brill, por tanto no me gusta. quizas si aplicaran a pistola, algun transparente poliuretano y lo pulieran queraria mejor. de todas maneras me parece muy ingenioso. felicidades
Always amazes me when people say concrete and use plaster. Ugly. If you had used concrete and polished it it would bring out the natural color of the aggregate. Rounded edge is out dated. Flat with a slight chamfer.
Hey I think its a solid way to do it. But there is a much easier product to work with its called Z countertop forms. You could be 1/2 way done with the job by the time these guys get started using the Z form from Countertop Solutions. I am not discrediting these guys in the video. I think this way is a bulletproof way to do it but not easy for your average homeowner.
This is mostly due to the kitchen hardware and cabinets. A more contemporary hardware and cabinets would make this look ridiculously good looking but as it is now, it is kind of blah looking. The craftmanship is pretty good though.
I like it, color is owners choice, don't like it too bad not in your house. Constructive criticism one thing but the rudness on here can only be described as Trumpesque
I built my own granite counter tops with 12x12 polished granite tile and solid oak edging. Looks 10x better, weighs 1/2 of concrete. and total cost for 65 sq-ft was well under $1,000. Concrete counters are terrible.
To tell people there are better options out there for their money. A sealed hardwood or cheap Formica counter top would be better than this. Concrete is probably one of the worst materials to use for a counter top. It's brittle, it's porous and bad for bacteria. It is also far too heavy for the volume needed to get a strong enough structure. Do I need to continue?
What would be the estimated cost and time to make a 2x10 ft, 2 inch thick countertop (not including wood, sink ect)? What I do like is most mistakes can be corrected. Make a mistake with granite, your screwed.
Foam forms?! An excellent idea for a cheap throw away beer cooler. One sorry idea for countertop forms in my opinion. If you look at the peninsula at 15:05 and both sides of the sink cutout at 15:12 you can see the waves left in the top by the poor job of screeding. I'm sorry, but this is not a video that is positively promoting the product, or the good results that other concrete countertop construction videos achieve.
this video has convinced me that styrofoam forms are not strong enough for this kind of work. Even before staining this job looked bad to me, I didn't like the counter edges at all. I wonder what this mess cost the customer.
Радует,что Русские специалисты все же обладают гораздо большим чувством эстетики.О качестве уж не говорю.Изделия по такой технологии я встречал в старых общественных банях,скамейки и подставки для шаек.Дядьки серьёзные а продукт деребас!
I would choose a concrete counter top any day of the week, its the same stuff as what you walk on. The moisture wont do anything to the finish, its a stain, typically, which means that it wont be messed up with water. Also you seal it, like you do a slab, so there is nothing to peel off. This stain soaks into the concrete and basically is the new color of the concrete. Plus you dont have to worry about dropping a pan on it, just dont take a hammer to it and it should stand the test of time
I'm amazed that you managed to push this one out... it's huge!!!
Never has the saying "You can't polish a turd" been more appropriate! Jesus guys the finish is shocking.
très beau travail de professionnels économique et propre,j'aime cette video
This is awesome and very helpful. my husband and I have been looking for the right video to be able to install a new counter. thanks
All that work for poo brown slabs? Should have left it natural grey.
AKA Nathan funny. I was thinking the same. Should've added sealer to the grey and called it a day. All that work when Granite looks 1,000,000 times better..
It looks like putty 😨😳
Definitely a matter of opinion here. You may find this difficult to believe, but some people actually like the way these look.
Молодцы ребята! В России такое мало кто умеет делать!
Один вопрос. Нахрена это вообще делать?
DiLithiumBetta зачем нужна столешница? Подумай...
Подумай, зачем нужна столешница из бетона. Извращение чесслово.
Филипп Пахлов amerikanskij idiotizm. neponimaju zacem ddelatj takoi bred esli estj gotovie stolesnici dlja kuhni?iz dereva,iz dsp,iz kamnja,mramora? ei bogu,amerikanci do sih por v kamennom veke zivu?kak to otstalo vse vigljadet. osobenno rakovina belaja emalirrovanaja s sovdepovskim kranom. video ne iz 30-h godov :)
igor mitrofanov в каменном веке живете вы Иголь и ваша столешница из дсп...
The substrat is cut so as to strengthen the edge of the pour. if the substrat is left at a 90deg, it provides for a weak point in the concrete directly at that corner.
It's like a mini Hoover dam project, I bet it lasts a lifetime.
Tie wire is scored so once it is twisted off and removed no wire will show. You can then use a profile edging tool to smooth out any rough spots.
I kinda like natural look of the not-so polished look.
as the video says, a typical 2" poured countertop weighs about 25# per sq ft. unless your cabinets just suck, they should hold it no problem. also, when you lay your 3/4" CDX deck, that will help distribute the weight quite nicely.
if you add a specific aggregate to the concrete and after it cures polish the edges and surface to expose the aggregate, the final finish may be a nicer cosmetic final finish. Similar to concrete sinks and the like. It would add the work and special equipment to sand/polish it which is no small feat.
es un excelente trabajo,para mi el color del acabado desmerece un poco pero en terminos generales ex excelente, para quienes conocemos este trabajo reconosco que es un gran esfuerzo, el unico punto es que esta sobre madera
Its been a few years, any problems with the plywood base? general practice is to use something like hardie or durock that doesnt expand and contract.
love it you guys should come to jamaica to do this kind of work
Clean work, but whoever chose that dootie brown color needs to be committed.
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You're right! That's nasty.
@musicman99ca you have to use reinforcement of somekind. concrete does two things. gets hard and cracks. the reinforcement helps mitigate the latter
wow ¡ EXCELENT WORK... ( monterrey, mexico )
..even the brown would not have been quite so bad - but - using a gloss finish? YUK!
It amplifies EVERY imperfection. The end product looks VERY amateur when it could have been great.. these guys need to do another finish to show how wonderful concrete tops can look.
My wife asks where she can buy the concrete vibrator.
Hahahaha
+GIGO 9 He's not married.
i cast concrete for a living.these comments are cracking me up! I don't need to say anything.seriously, guys, I haven't laughed this hard in months, thanks.
Great counter top job and great video work also, that looks like a good business to get into if you have the patience
If you did it today, what would you do differently?
Desde. Jujuy ArgentinaLos Felicito
Haven't they been making cantilever forms for pool decking since the 70's or earlier?
Vou fazer a minha bancada de cimento também, fica mais em conta.
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VC TA CERTA
Edd salazarkis É muito caro, para colocar granito, não tenho condições 😀
what what yuo said ...... que dises
the colour spoil the counter top
+Chris ram
The color is hideous, almost all the acids and stains result in dark, muddy "colors". I've used latex paint with some success, you need a lot more than you think so it displaces other liquid (water) and adds an unknown "additive" quality. Other than that, these guys are good and it shows that although concrete counters are basically easy, there is nothing like experience and skill. Concrete doesn't forgive like other materials, that are easy to correct.
And like staircases, you probably won't build that many in your life, unless that's all you do, so it's difficult to speak with 'lots' of experience unless you're a pro.
Can you see the 3/4 plywood on the bottom where you remove the 1x and cut nails after the project is finished?
Yes you can - 99% of all counters, you can see the under side of... And that's because no one bends over to look at them.
not true people who clean houses know that that area has to be wiped off, liquids drip around rounded edges, I would suggest that should be painted underneath.
beautiful job
Great work . Beautiful!!
extremely labor intensive for something that does not look that great in the end and will be a bear to remove in the future if homeowner tastes change. I could see using this in an exterior kitchen or patio grille area.
+BJEAKE All true, it's why I'm keeping the bullnoses and other decorations out of the design. Straight, level and slick and as thin as you can, the bridge between the front of a sink and the edge of the counter can be almost 30" long and only a few inches square, in cross sectional area. Putting rebar in that space is delicate but critical and the depth of the concrete has to stay at 1 1/2" minimum. In ten years some football player type will sit or even step on it.
When they say the cabinets don't need to be reinforced, I'd argue some. Mushboard (MDF) cabs don't even support themselves after ten years.
really good job guys
Good job. Great video. Aren't you worried about weight on the base cabinets ?
That totally look like crap at the end..cmon all that work for it to look like shit!! Tilling the counter top would have even looked better and finished quicker!
yeh liked it , never seen it done before,looked like very fine concrete to me too,its different so yeh why not.
Great video.
Ahh, 2011..So primitive, I think there were still avocado kitchens then...:)
I do not like the color all that much but a great video explaining and showing how this is done. THANKS!
excellent work !!
terrible end result. 😨
renturner87 yes!!
How durable is a concrete countertop? Will it stain easily? Will it have crack overtime?
Great video very informative
Way to much work.. Sorry just can't see the merit to work ratio!
I made my cement outside kitchen, built in sink and grill. using rebar and 2x4, chip board for the framing. I handmade all the ceramic tiles. It took two years for me to do this. After days of curing, Just water hose the cement a few times. The chip board will swell and just fall off.
I gladly will send pictures. This would cost $20,000 if it was contracted out.
Awesome video thanks!
am from Algeria is very good مشاء الله
I'm craving a Hershey bar now.
I like your work, but I'm not a fan of countertops made from cement. Especially that color. Other than that, you'd did an excellent job, never seen this done before.
Its made from concrete not cement and you can change the color lmao
very work intensive......but as a sub base for tiles its ok, these type's of tops are the norm in philippines and cabinets are also concrete only wood is the doors.
i've seen many, some amazing, some shit, really its up to the individual....
can you slice n dice on it with out scratching?
I can see the value of off site mouldings.
Esta padrisima gracias por su idea
Concrete is supposed to be polished. Then it looks like stone. The counter top in this video was rough. The whole point of concrete counter tops is to have a seamless stone-looking surface.
should use sawzall for vibrater without blade
TKs for video! But in Brazil dont have products better.!!! Tks!! I try I try...
Iza prefiro pedra granito ou marmore.Apos tudo este mao de obra ai, so pra fazer kaka no final com aquela cor horrivel.
temos sim, nice english btw
bunas ideas, sin embargo el acabado tiene poco brill, por tanto no me gusta. quizas si aplicaran a pistola, algun transparente poliuretano y lo pulieran queraria mejor. de todas maneras me parece muy ingenioso. felicidades
Where can I find that vibrator drill attachment?
why not use a solid surface instead?
wonderful work my congratulations
How long does it cure in time before can remove the forms?
EXCELENTE VIDEO, GRACIAS POR LA PACIENCIA
I will finish it with single or two part epoxy sprayed, or polyurethan, just like i paint sailboats hulls, using warm light pastel colors :-)
does the wire leave holes when twisted or does it break and you just smooth out
Espectacular!!!!!!! me gusta
have you used basalt rebar mesh in your tops?
Very detailed instruction but we would call in a professional.
muy buen trabajo
How long do i have to wait before i remove the fome ?
Always amazes me when people say concrete and use plaster. Ugly. If you had used concrete and polished it it would bring out the natural color of the aggregate. Rounded edge is out dated. Flat with a slight chamfer.
Looked better grey.
Can the forms be reused?
why is the base wood piece cut on a 45*?
oyeah.. the stirophon was a nihce.. gig.. it worked.
Using mill cut steel you wont need bars and never see a crack
tremendos profesionales
GOOD JOB
Hey I think its a solid way to do it. But there is a much easier product to work with its called Z countertop forms. You could be 1/2 way done with the job by the time these guys get started using the Z form from Countertop Solutions. I am not discrediting these guys in the video. I think this way is a bulletproof way to do it but not easy for your average homeowner.
what kind of paint used to paint
very nice
This is mostly due to the kitchen hardware and cabinets. A more contemporary hardware and cabinets would make this look ridiculously good looking but as it is now, it is kind of blah looking. The craftmanship is pretty good though.
is that a special paint???
I like it, color is owners choice, don't like it too bad not in your house. Constructive criticism one thing but the rudness on here can only be described as Trumpesque
I built my own granite counter tops with 12x12 polished granite tile and solid oak edging. Looks 10x better, weighs 1/2 of concrete. and total cost for 65 sq-ft was well under $1,000.
Concrete counters are terrible.
Condor1970 Then why are you here?
To tell people there are better options out there for their money. A sealed hardwood or cheap Formica counter top would be better than this. Concrete is probably one of the worst materials to use for a counter top. It's brittle, it's porous and bad for bacteria. It is also far too heavy for the volume needed to get a strong enough structure.
Do I need to continue?
what about sanding and slip coat??? You could have really done a nice job if you had not skipped steps.
gracias muy bien explicado
Muy bonita me encanta
CAN THIS WORK ON A TILE COUNTR TOP??
What would be the estimated cost and time to make a 2x10 ft, 2 inch thick countertop (not including wood, sink ect)? What I do like is most mistakes can be corrected. Make a mistake with granite, your screwed.
Sadly this is a wonderful product that has not been used to it's best advantage here
@ 5:30 kick ass mustache
que tipo de pintura ocupa.
como se llama?
I've seen some amazing concrete countertops that have looked like granite, but this looks like someone took a dump....
Foam forms?! An excellent idea for a cheap throw away beer cooler. One sorry idea for countertop forms in my opinion.
If you look at the peninsula at 15:05 and both sides of the sink cutout at 15:12 you can see the waves left in the top by the poor job of screeding. I'm sorry, but this is not a video that is positively promoting the product, or the good results that other concrete countertop construction videos achieve.
Que tipo de pintura utilizan párr pintarlo
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I'm glad I did not use these forms,I used Melamine, poured in place tops and backsplash was poured in garage and then set in place .
this video has convinced me that styrofoam forms are not strong enough for this kind of work. Even before staining this job looked bad to me, I didn't like the counter edges at all. I wonder what this mess cost the customer.
i recommend the color looks terrible instead of wood use z counter top method way better than foam