Concrete Slab Poured Dry | Tips & Tricks

Brilliant vid, game-changing. I've had bags of dry cement turn to stone just sitting there, in a sheltered place, from the humidity in the air. Never occurred to me to actually use this effect for practical purposes! Great job, both of you.

I am 54, and I have never heard of a DRY POUR 😳 It is crazy what you can learn from YouTube 😂 I love this idea. The chicken feet are a perfect accent for this project !!

HELPFUL WATERING INSTRUCTIONS: First lightly mist your slab. Make sure you mist the entire slab corners to corners. Wait an hour to an hour and a half, Then lightly shower once an hour for 6 to 8 hours. Concrete is porous and the moisture will slowly wick through. UPDATE VIDEO HERE⬇️ https://youtu.be/GC0j2Ey5NNk

I'm so glad I came across this video. I'm so glad that you added at the end how you know that the PSI weight would be different and you considered that in all that you poured and all that you usually do to provide for chickens. Also it's wonderful to see husbands and wives work together to build things I just love it. May you all be blessed in your efforts and everything else

This is a game-changer for me! Thank you for sharing this. And, you guys are such a beautiful and precious family! Love ya'll!

So glad I found this video. I have been planning on pouring 4'x4' cement 'pavers' in my greenhouse for the section where my workbench will go. I think I can handle a dry pour by myself much easier. Planning on 3" deep, so will take more watering, but should work. Might even just go for it and do the whole 4'x12' strip in one 'pour'.

I’m an old man with a bad back from carrying too many heavy things. Back the truck closer! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

i... had no idea you could do this for a slab. This really, REALLY makes concrete work much simpler.

I used this method on a crawl space where I could only drag the dry bags in it made less mess and worked fine . I have told others about doing it this way and they always give me that look like I may not be wright in the head lol . Thanks for sharing .

I haul and pour concrete in a mixer truck every day, never knew this was a thing. Nice video.

I read most of the comments. One piece of rebar in concrete increases the strength of the concrete by a huge amount. Using dry pour technique, I would put down a piece of heavy wire the size of the pad and raised up maybe half the height of the finished pad thickness. Add the dry concrete just enough to cover the wire and wet it down misting it with water maybe 3 or 4 times in an hour. Now add the rest on the dry concrete to the height you desired, smooth out the surface and the start to mist this final layer over the next couple of hours. A 2x4 thickness pad will turn out quite strong. The wire added to the concrete increases the ability to resist cracking and will make the pad quite strong same as adding rebar but easier to do.

Used this technique setting post. Always moistened hole before adding dry mix. The psi rating for the slab is good as long as the concrete cured correctly. No mess for small jobs. Cracks may be an issue but you probably already know that.

I’ve never heard of dry pour…and I need to replace my walkway. Thank you! And the clarity of you video is amazing!

First off I’m impressed that you and your wife can work together and have a sense of humor. You are a blessed man. Secondly, I was stationed at Guantanamo for a while when I was in the Navy. On one of the roads leading to Cuba there were old gun emplacements that had full bags of dry mix stacked like sand bags. Those bags hardened up like stacked rocks. You could still see remnants of the bags in the joints between the layers. Also as hard as I’ve tried to save 1/2/ full bags of concrete left over from other projects they always hardened up even with no water. Just the moisture in the air was all it took to harden up the left over concrete mix. I have no doubts about the strength of your slab.

Awesome. We were fixing to spend over $1500 on already made cement blocks and stones to create a patio. Now I am thinking we can make our patio this way. Thanks for an awesome video.

I have never ever seen a dry poured concert pad, amazing what you learn these days. Thanks for the info. God bless to you and your family .

i did this about that same size to my drive way after a pine tree root demolished it...20 pound sledge and a pick axe and occasionally a chain attached to my hummer got the roots out....then i just dumped dry bags of concrete in and used a water hose to wet it...worked like a charm

I'm inspired thanks! I searched for ideas for a small patio and this came up. After mixing many bags for a shed by myself I had been putting it off but this gives me motivation. Great work on video big thanks!

I thought this had to the craziest idea I had ever heard. I watched just to see you fail. But it turned out great! I’m shocked. I learned something today. Great job!

I'm a guy on oxygen who has seen this method before with soil cement but the first time seeing a slab done this way. Always knew it was possible so I'm glad I came across your video. My yard is fairly large and hilly with rocks. Nothing I have has to have something at 4000 psi . So I don't care if I make a parking space and the concrete crumbles into rock over time. That's what I have now lol! But I will be using this method for future projects! Thanks so much!