How to Pour a Monolithic Concrete Slab | the Skills and Concrete Finishing Tools you Need to Succee

Whether you’re interested in building a DIY concrete slab for a shed, or you're pouring a concrete foundation for a house and hiring concrete slab foundation contractors, this video will get you prepared to build the best concrete slab foundation you possibly can! I’m gonna walk you through our concrete day on the wedding barn project and explain what’s happening, show you the concrete tools we’re using, and let you in on a few critical details that will hopefully help you succeed on your project. Thanks for watching! There’s nothing more exciting than getting your project out of the ground. And today is that day! We’re pouring a Monolithic Concrete Slab Foundation, for an 8000 sq ft timber-framed wedding barn event center. By this point, you should have already completed all your prep work. You’ve installed your wood or steel form boards around the foundation perimeter. You’ve got your underslab plumbing and electrical installed and inspected. You’ve got your gravel, vapor barrier plastic sheeting, insulation, rebar and any floor drains and radon gas vents piped. But chances are that you’ve still got a few loose ends to tie up! For instance, I’m adding a copper ground wire that ties into all the steel reinforcement embedded in the concrete. We’ve got a lot of bedrock around this site, and probably won’t be able to drive ground rods a full 8 feet deep, so having that extra grounding force will help big time. Fortunately, we poured the concrete footings first with a...