Pouring Concrete Floors In Freezing Temperatures (My Advice)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
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In this video I'm talking about how to pour concrete floors in freezing cold temperatures. I have to pour concrete in below freezing temperatures from November to March here in Maine.
I've been pouring floors for 40 years in freezing temperatures with a lot of success and some failures. Most of the failures are from the floor not being protected afterwards with blankets and the concrete floor froze then the top scaled off.
But most of the concrete floors we've done in the winter are like the one in the video, where we pour right outside with the temperature in the teens or twenty's. Then wait around for the concrete to set up so we can finish it. Then cover it with insulating blankets.
The mix I like to use is a 4000 psi with water reducer, 140 degree hot water, bag flake calcium accelerator and straight cement. No fly ash or slag in the mix.
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Do NOT miss workin in these kinda temperatures! God bless you guys. I enjoy watching people who know their s*&t. Thanks
Thanks John!
We have tented and heated in real cold temps. Blankets mostly.
You are the best concrete mason Ive seen and I'm old
Thank you!
When trying to bullfloat some hot mud, we always found it helpful to add a little weight to the bullfloat. We either put a cpl bricks on the float or a cpl trowel fulls of mud so it presses harder on the surface.
We do the same thing when we have to.
Used to be a crane operator in northern NJ working on high rise concrete buildings. Once did 86 days straight not counting weekends in the dead of winter in the late 1970’s. Pour averaged between 250 - 300 yards. It was done with top notch tradesmen who had pride in their work. Draped floor with heaters below the pour provided all the heat needed to keep concrete from freezing before it set.
Mike you impress me as the kind of guy I would like to sit and chat with over a really good cup of coffee or two. I like your manner and the way you come across in the videos. I bet Luke and Darrin love working with you. A man that works as hard right in there with the guys like you do after 40 years really inspires me. Thank you for all your information, teaching and great attitude America needs good solid working folks like you and your crew.
Thank you John!
You guys didn't lift the wire mesh. Was it installed just to hold the piping?
The issues we had were after done finishing and blankets on it if you get rain or snow within the next week. If you get that and temps get cold the top .25 inch will absorb the water, freeze, and pop the top. Usually with cold temps it takes the week to get 3k psi which keeps that from happening. Had a few floors we had to fix because of this problem. We stopped doing flatwork 2 years ago, now all we do is walls. Great job.
We are pouring just the walls at our camp in western Maine and then plan to cap it until March when the builder is available. I'm told it's okay to do in mid-November, but it's really causing me to lose sleep at night. This video was a huge help for me to better understand this. Thanks so much!
If I ever build another house, I sure hope I get someone like you and your crew to do my floors ! Thumbs up !!
super glad you put a vid on this topic .... great results like usual!
Glad you liked it!
You’d love to see the East Indians where I live in Canada pour concrete in winter lol. -20oC and they form up concrete basements and pour like any regular day and walk away after the pour lol. Those basements get houses built on them right away and buried fast before anyone sees them starting to crack. They have zero concrete knowledge but get tons of work because they are cheapest and disappear quick before anyone catches on the concrete froze before it properly set. I’ve seen in several times near my neighborhood in new subdivisions. So it’s interesting to see how you guys deal with cooler temps. We have to add heaters and hoarding to keep concrete warm if it must be poured in winter up here (to do it properly). But heating a construction site gets very expensive very fast so it’s normally only commercial industrial jobs only.
(Concrete)-Wet, about right,just right, warm, hot, blowing the &^%$ up.
(finish)- smooth, slick, burnt, burnished.
No matter what you call what having a good team that works together the way you guys do is the key.
What is the mesh for why not put bar chairs
something so satisfying about watching professionals work
Mike, another great video! Can you, in your next video, further explain water reducer. I am familiar with calcium, we call it adding 1% or 2%. We call a hot load a headache!!! Thanks Mike
I'll talk more about it on the next one.
That is very common here in finland that we pour when it's -15 celsius, not gonna lie. it is not enjoyable temperature to work lol. good job guys!
Why is the steel on the thermal . No gap between them ? The steel should 50mm from the top of concrete or 2 inches . Plastic chairs could be used .
Seems like using heated floor tubes during pour wld work great.
Portable boiler
Can't wait for summer temperatures!
Very nice job, I'm in Mass and we're trying to dig holes for sono tubes and its 9 degrees out and yeah we are crazy. Gotta bust out the blow torch to start the hole for the auger to get down past first 8 inches of frozen ground.
Nice job Mike, Floor looks great!
Thanks!
Great information! Thanks Mike
Glad it was helpful!
Dam Mike you and your crew knock it out of the park man amazing job.
Good luck to your pour. I'd be to worried about it freezing to pour in the winter. Our pour video will post soon on our off-grid build but we did it last spring.
I'm kinda surprised the foundation guys didnt pour the deeper parts. We call them pads and we always pour them. It is real easy to pour them with the foundarion..
Great information mike
Thanks 👍
I find it disappointing that you didn’t raise the wire in the area that was depressed
It kinda looks like maybe the wire was just there to tie the radiant floor tubing to.
@@richardheinen1126 Yeah but the deeper gets into the concrete less likely it is it all hit the service at the same rate
Much love and respect from Longmont Colorado my friend another great job 👏
Awesome video
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your experience 👍😁
My pleasure!
Was thinking to use one of my orchard heaters night before pour and first night of cure
Would cost few hundred in fuel But…
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Thanks!
Those voids are unbelievable. Is that considered a center footing for later post placement? Just when you thought you'd seen everything. There was enough room for Jimmy Hoffa and the heads of the 5 families.
Great video mike. We do the same stuff down here in Kentucky. One problem I do have is getting straight sack in winter and air entrainment. This happens in some of the rural areas mainly. They also claim fiber mesh is not standard. Can you buy type 3 up in Maine? I cant find it anywhere down here. Anyone else have that problem?
No type 3 here. Air and fiber are pretty standard in Maine
How can you get the job flat without screed hooks or screed pins
Thank you for all these videos, Mike, they are great.
We just had our new garage floor poured at around 22F here in Norway. Now, the guy I used said he could not do any buffing that day as it got even colder later on - now 5 days later it still not buffed in any way. They are waiting for warmer weather - is that a common thing to do?
Clip 5:57 -- that in-floor heat line is jumping more than my grandkids after a mt. dew.
Quality per usual 👌👌
Thanks again!
We pour after the house is framed and have propane pot heaters down there
You make it look easy, but that's due to experience. I'm guessing the wall guys could've done the floor, but it was probably more cost effective to have your crew to do it.
That’s 2 different skill sets. I would never want a foundation crew giving me a finished floor.
Do you guys get paid good money for just pouring concrete?
So cool to see a fellow Mainer with such a great channel! Do you do smaller pours like a 12x16' pad for a shed?
Another good job done 👍
Awesome video , you made it look easy!
In Canada it’s 32 mpha for walkways and 25mpha for basements what is the strength for concrete in America.
Awesome work!
YEP, YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF!
How long after the concrete is finished do you worry about it freezing? A week after its finished leaving it uncovered will the concrete be ok when water freezes on top of it?
Looking good Mike . Am in scotland can I pore concrete in - plus .
Why is the Styrofoam missing in the middle?
This video is a testament to why you should never build your house in the cold weather. Too many things can go wrong.
Like butter
That deep part is not that great for you guys because you could trip up and fall into it. Plus the tubing is floating over it to lose it could get broken some how no fault to you guys. Glad you have heated clothing. thanks Mike.
With such cold weather how do you clean up the tools without a hose?
Have you ever had issues with it raining on a slab then freezing and popping the top off in places?
Yes, gotta keep the concrete surface dry for a few weeks to let it cure otherwise you're right it'll pop the surface.
@@MikeDayConcrete if the concrete pops off Mike is it possible to grind/sand the concrete
The problem with this kind of mix over time it could crack but not necessarily great pour, how thick is that foam did you double up the foam..
They doubled up the foam yes. Any mix can crack over time, we saw joints to help control cracks.
Always knew you were the BEST in the West .
Have you ever run hot water through the Hydronics during the pour.
Yes, that works really good.
This is a neat video...
Good boss
Looks like 12’ basement walls. Maybe a fallout bunker rather then a basement.
What slump are working with? Look like a 6” in the video
What is your opinion on poly waffle slabs?
Mike if i wanna pour small slabs in winter that do not need to be finished . Is there danger of it freezing if i dont have hot water or accelerant?
Or just longer cure time?
You still have to protect it from freezing for the first few days by covering with blankets. Using warm water and accelerator speeds up cure time and you don't have to cover as long.
Hey mike where do u and ur crew get them pocket protectors from for ur margin trowel
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We call it a pain in the arse.
Awesome
Are the walls precast concrete?
No, they're poured in place.
U need to get ur body moving you standing their like a boss
Waste of time using reo if it is on the ground .