How to Raise a Concrete Sunken Living Room
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2019
- In this video we will be filling in and pouring a concrete sunken living room. We will show you how and step by step for taking on a job as this. Hope you all enjoy and dont forget to LIKE,SHARE,SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT!
Website : DavidOdellConcrete.com
Phone: (714) 454-7637
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Looks great. The home owners will be very happy with that. Good job.
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Don't mind me I'm just watering my living room 😂. Another awesome job
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Awesome
amazing guys, such a great job, very clean all in order, that mean you are professionals on what you do, my respects and admiartion to these hardworkers!!! next round its on me!!!!
Love your work. Keep it up!
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Great transformation.
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Great content Sir. Thanks for sharing.
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LOOKS GREAT!!!
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thanks for the video, I live in Florida and my sunken room was underwater during last hurricane. I need to get it raised and now I know how it should be done. I wish you were in the Tampa Bay Area so I could use your company!
Glad I could help!
It came out great man!!! Well thought out!
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Great job chief!!!!
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Great idea ..........i was seaching something to raise floor of my living room
This is the answer
sweet, keep up the great work.
I'll try
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Nice job! Okay you put rebar, lol! Your guys ace that job outstanding.
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outstanding!!!
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Thanks for sharing your info 👍🇺🇸
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Odell don't you love all the internet experts 😂. I could of did that with wood in two hours 😂 😂. Keep up the amazing work
I would love to film that.
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2 hours??? Ha 3 days minimum
@@freepress8451 it's called being sarcastic 😂. Clearly I'm making fun of that dude that said he could have it done in a day by doing it with wood 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
@@RHEC1776 I liked your comment
Cool video. I have a sunken living room that I want raised. Thanks for showing the process of how this is done. If you were in TX I would definitely be contacting you. Very enlightening.
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Nice work!!!! The only thing throwing me off are those windows now! Imagine sitting in your couch and those windows are right next to you foot toes🦶hight! 😂
They were low to begin with so the couch would never go there
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Great for the height challenged
I liked, yes
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Look good
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Once again awesome video. Do you happen to have a video that shows step by step with how long to wait in-between each. I wand to add about 12x4' to my walk way in the front yard.
also wanting more info on this
Each job has different hardening times
I’m always interested in how you clean those concrete pumping machines. In fact, clean up after concrete pouring in general. Video?
The concrete and water gets pumped back in to the Concrete truck.
Thanks for the video! I have a situation where my "sunken" Florida Room used to be a covered patio with a screen door and screened windows. It wasn't sealed well, apparently, when they enclosed it to make it a Florida Room. I've lived here for 7 years and hadn't noticed until very recently that the water was slowly seeping in from ground water. Chronic sinus issues and then the smell of mold/mildew led me to remove the baseboards and I've got mold on 2 walls and one corner of the third. I have no rain gutter on the part that needs one, and my patio drains are clogged - all my fault, yes. The drains are as old as the pool...at least 30 years old, I'm guessing. We were power washing them out, but that didn't help much for very long. My question is: would concreting-in my room, which would also make it level with my dining area, help me with this issue?? We are planning on sealing the outer part of the slab, digging and creating a French drain system, putting a rain gutter where needed and installing wider pool drains (which right now are only 1" thick). I'm just wondering if this would be a bonus to all that AND I'll have one level as I'd really like to add sliding barn doors to close off that room if needed. Thanks for any advice.
depends what level the wall framing setting on?
@@OdellCompleteConcrete - I'm sorry I don't know what that means.
@@gaiagoddess8009 Odell probably means to say; it depends on the existing pitch to the slab on the framed wall. Your issue was perhaps already there, not considering that the slab should've been raised first before the new framed enclosure was put up. This is common because screen enclosures/covered patios are intended to be lower than the main building's slab. Yes. When done correctly, pouring a slab to height will likely benefit and cure the seepage. Good luck!
For a 26' x 16' x 5" over lay that hasn't moved in 43 years, would you still use rebar? Could you do fiber mesh and chicken wire?
Also, there is concrete up the sides, would you still need the wood frame for expansion? Just trying to do it "right" but material is soooo expensive right now too.
Either way will work
@@OdellCompleteConcrete TY so much for the response on a 1 year old video!
These are great videos. Do you mind sharing approximately how much this job cost the homeowner? Thanks!
2500
Can you do this on sunken floor on 1st floor? Will the roof of 1st floor take the weight of concrete flooring?
Watching this cuz our ground floor floods every storming and we are below the sea level. I wanted to suggest this to my parents but they do not understand what I mean. They don't want to find a solution but it's up to them.
May have to put the video on the big screen for them
So if the old concrete is settled you can do this? But do I lift the ceilings? To accommodate for the 3inch resurface?
No
Use the house for short people
Where can I buy those sliders you use to jump in and finish the concrete
HD Supply or Rosebourogh
I don't know why the owners did that. Maybe there is a wheelchair in the house. But, that was an excellent 'sunken' room. I have a real problem: an addition (family room?) where the finished surface is just less than three inches lower than the main house. Trip hazard, anyone? HOWEVER! I am learning from your videos. There is a solution for my problem. Thank you!
Yes there is
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Are the ceiling height in a sunken living room the same as the other rooms in the same house? I am just imagining my ceiling a foot lower would feel really low and I am short.
This house has vaulted open beam
can I pour a new concrete driveway over my old one , I want it 7" higher I could put 3 1/2" first of crushed stone or just all concrete ...any ideas or trouble with doing this
Sounds good if the old driveway is stable
Was the juice worth the squeeze? Seems like a lot of work for nothing
I hope so
Do any of your customers that do this raise the electrical boxes and/or windows?
MCMXI if they have a permit they prolly have to
Yes the boxes all get raised
Why did you fix plywood on the perimeter? Does it help with leakage? I am living in a very old house where the floor gets sunken in rainy season with leakage water coming through the wall. Those perimeter where floor and wall meets.
Structural integrity
This guy sounds like The man who owns The Chills TH-cam channel👀
I wish
bull float, and BAM troweling on sliders.
Yes there was a 1.5 hour spread of watching and waiting
Where are y’all at where people have concrete living rooms? Cause I have never see that before and I’m in Chicago
SOuthern California, where its beach weather everyday
What is the make and model of concrete pump you are using ? In this video
I dont know.
Was there any concern about the weight that this would add to the slab and foundation? Does a structural engineer need to get involved to ensure that the existing slab can handle the extra weight?
No its minimal per square inch
Lets go
get it on
Ever do this with foam fill then concrete on top?
No but it sounds possible
What if there was custom built in cabinets bookshelves etc? Can they be moved up as well? Or would they not survive the move? Anyone?
Use the lower cabinet as a hidden compartment
How much did you estimate the job for, and in your estimate does that include concrete and rebar? By the way what type of sliders are you using, thanks
4500
Fiberglass
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Careful I think he wants a quote
Why would fly ash be a bad thing? I know it's cheaper but what does it do that people don't like as much?
Creates crazy cracking
Is there a reason doing this is better than just framing up a new floor to raise the height other than the fact pouring concrete will make for a more durable floor. It seems like using concrete would cost way more than just framing it with wood. Anyone know?
Its better in every way you can imagine
Odell Complete Concrete yeah but I can’t imagine the cost comparison!
@@Chris330YT
Long term
Was this on top of existing slab? Is that possible? I’m here in OC and would like a quote.
Yes, it's a very common procedure.
@@OdellCompleteConcrete ok. Wasn’t sure if you had to demo the existing slab or could just pour on top of it. I will call you. I’m in Brea.
That is a lot of work. I could have framed and sheeted that whole floor traditionally in 1 day, which i think would be a better option regardless of cost. That couldn't have been cheap. But customer gets what they want i guess.
Yeah thats what i was thinking. A wood frame would have been a lot cheaper.
Maybe but concrete is better
@@OdellCompleteConcrete hey, it just dawned on me, wouldn't the weight of the concrete affect the foundation of the house?
@@Bulshadouw the foundation is most likely poured concrete
1st 👍
Sweet video!
You did it again
Boom
Mr. O. What's people's beefs with sunken living rooms?
A lot of unusable space and a trip hazard.
Plus like me I now have to use a walker to get around!
@Myballsitchsomethingfierce sorry about your balls.
Too much head room.
Whats under the subfloor?
Concrete, steel, plastic ,sand
Not very often I can relate to a video - our first house in UK. Every room bar one had concrete floors I wished we had used concrete to replace the rotten floor instead we chose wood, false economy
Concrete is best.
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@@OdellCompleteConcrete Hindsight, always remember walking from solid to creaky
@@freepress8451
Yes plus the hollow echo and rodent breeding haven
How long to cure before wood flooring install?
probably 28 days maybe sooner but I would check the slab with a moisture meter
Odell Complete Concrete Thank you and love the work. I think going concrete instead of framing makes a big difference because it feels and sounds different in the two areas when you walk on it.
@@garretdouglas4056
Solid choice.
Forever, no squeak, no varments
What is the cost approximately
Why did you not frame and sheet it Odell?
Rat haven
@@OdellCompleteConcrete I did not know that, it makes sense, thanks
Did this require a permit?
No
I know nothing about any of this, but could cinderblocks be used as a base?
No
Odell Complete Concrete Thanks.Like I said,I’m clueless and it was a thought that popped in my head (cinderblocks, rebar, and concrete). I’ve just been contemplating what to do about our’s. I don’t mind a sunken area but our’s is too small, so we’re going to remove a wall and fill it to enlarge the area.
MAkes sense
GL
What does something like this cost?
2200
@@OdellCompleteConcrete Thank you. I wish you were in central Florida.
Why the movement against fly ash? What kind of problems does it pose?
Crazy cracking
Thanks
Hi
2nd
Nice
Rim with 2x10's off Hangers, topped wth 2 layers of T&G 3/4 Plywood...Cement Fill! Why?
Was this material required or requested?
No just how I do it
You Tube Mr Odell is a mason. Concrete is his thing. If the homeowner wanted a wood subfloor, I’m sure they would have called a carpenter. I don’t live in California, but it seems like many houses are on slabs.
@@SkyGhost1000
Hi there, that's why I asked if it was requested or required...the response was "That's the way I do it" so the comment was unacceptable. I'll move along.
If you stop at 9:55 this is DONE in my home country Ukraine. Good enough the concrete man will say and go home.
I see that here also
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What the hell are going to do with the plywood in the floor.