HOW TO POUR AND FINISH A CONCRETE PATIO AND WALKWAY
Channel: Mike Day Concrete
Date: 2019-06-24

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In this video I'm showing you how we setup, pour and finish a concrete patio with an attached concrete walkway plus a separate concrete entry slab.

I start by showing you how we installed our forms for the patio slab and how we attached the concrete walkway to the patio with a little ramp section.

We also formed a concrete slab for the entry door that was 5' x 5' and finished it with a broom finish.

The concrete patio, walkway and entry slabs all had 2 inches of styrofoam under them to help control (and stop) any frost from getting under the slabs and heaving them in the winter.

We have good luck with using 2 inch styrofoam on a good gravel base under our exterior concrete in Maine. It insulates the ground enough so it doesn't freeze and heave the concrete.

We poured the concrete 6 inches thick for all the slabs and thickened the edges for the patio for some extra strength. All the concrete was 4000 psi with 3/4 stone and had air-entranment for freeze/thaw protection.

For the concrete finish, we mag floated the surface using our new funny float, and cut in our grooves with our new walk behind groover. (see below for a link to check out).

We gave the concrete surface a broom finish left the finished tool marks to both the groover and concrete edger.

TO LEARN HOW TO SETUP, POUR AND FINISH CONCRETE SLABS SEE MY COURSE BELOW. 

MY CONCRETE SLAB COURSE:
https://mike-day.mykajabi.com/pl/79570

WALKING FUNNY FLOAT:
https://marshalltown.com/t-slot-walking-darby-with-rounded-ends

HANDLE ADAPTER FOR FUNNY FLOAT:
https://marshalltown.com/threadedclevis-adapter-14812

WALKING GROOVER:
https://marshalltown.com/8-x-10-wide-bit-all-steel-walking-groover-14-radius-1-deep

HANDLE BRACKET FOR WALKING GROOVER:
https://marshalltown.com/2-post-clevis-bracket-flat-base

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MARSHALLTOWN SHOCKWAVE VIBRA-SCREED:
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MARSHALLTOWN CONCRETE TOOLS:
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BULLFLOAT:
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