r/Concrete 1h ago

MEGATHREAD Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

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Please take a look at the WikiFAQ posted here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Concrete/wiki/index

The chances that your situation is covered in the WikiFAQ are pretty dang good.

If your issue is NOT covered in the WikiFAQ, this is the place to ask if that hairline crack warrants a full tear-out and if the quote for $10k on 35 SF of sidewalk is a reasonable price.


r/Concrete 21h ago

OTHER Time for a little self awareness...

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r/Concrete 1d ago

OTHER When people said concrete is a hard job.

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r/Concrete 2d ago

I Have A Whoopsie Hired a new concrete finisher.

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Found this beautiful slab in the wild yesterday.


r/Concrete 2d ago

OTHER Pumping in the clouds

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Ever pumped concrete in the clouds about 1,000 ft up


r/Concrete 4d ago

Showing Skills I rarely take pictures of my work but here’s a couple from the last year

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r/Concrete 4d ago

Showing Skills Rebar installers

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Hired some rebar installers in Winnipeg. They did a fantastic job! Just wanted to give a shoutout to Justlee Construction Ltd. They were super fast compared to our guys. Do yourself a favour and hire rebar installers (Rodbusters) and save yourself more time to do what you’re good at!


r/Concrete 4d ago

Showing Skills Repost: “The whole base is actually on these huge, big, solid concrete railway tracks that are 600 by 600 wide, and they're actually piled down to rock, about 18 metres down, so we had to excavate the whole site and retain it to actually keep the sand out of the foundation, but it was incredibly com

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r/Concrete 4d ago

Showing Skills Ever work with a,,,

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Company that allows butchers to run jobs?


r/Concrete 4d ago

General Industry Big wrap around 3 finishers 102 degrees outside cut same day

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Starting to get really use to not having anyone around and doing everything with the couple homies I have. We do about 100 yards a week I just don’t post.


r/Concrete 4d ago

General Industry Resurfacing

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r/Concrete 5d ago

Showing Skills Stencil used to create river design, saw cut, then filled with colored epoxy!

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r/Concrete 5d ago

Showing Skills Concrete Miniatures [not for sale]

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I started making some miniature low-poly concrete models as decor pieces for my friends. I’m relatively new to working with concrete and was wondering if I can skip applying a sealer given that they will be kept indoors?

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Edit: Thank you all so much for the words of wisdom+support for this project. I’ve made an instagram account for documenting my process and progress for anyone who wants to follow along @wocrete.co


r/Concrete 6d ago

Work In Progress Replacing Bridge on my Street

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r/Concrete 7d ago

Showing Skills Big job we just did

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r/Concrete 7d ago

MEGATHREAD Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

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Please take a look at the WikiFAQ posted here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Concrete/wiki/index

The chances that your situation is covered in the WikiFAQ are pretty dang good.

If your issue is NOT covered in the WikiFAQ, this is the place to ask if that hairline crack warrants a full tear-out and if the quote for $10k on 35 SF of sidewalk is a reasonable price.


r/Concrete 8d ago

Concrete Pro With a Question One sided walls

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I’ve been doing one sided walls basically the same way forever, it’s that, some banding wetset into the footing and a stud nailed across the bottom. Anyone have any tricks or anything they do different?


r/Concrete 7d ago

General Industry Let's not over complicate things boys...

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Sometimes good enough just is


r/Concrete 8d ago

Showing Skills Just a few jobs we knocked out last month 😎

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r/Concrete 8d ago

Work In Progress $1800 UHPC Wall Panel to LA

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Had someone request a 24"x 36" wall panel for their office. Of course we spun it up and had a blast in the making. Gotta love the french cleat. Figured folks might enjoy it. Flip flops are part of the design 😂

Sage Green

Light Acid etch

Matte Sealer


r/Concrete 8d ago

Showing Skills How we do it in Oregon

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r/Concrete 8d ago

OTHER How bad is this?

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Apologies if there isn’t enough info or this is the right place to ask this. I have no experience in concrete or construction. This is the 2nd floor of a concrete parking garage for my work. It’s always had a little bit of bowing (about a year or so that I’ve seen) but today I noticed it almost looks to be sagging more. I could be wrong but my gut says it shouldn’t sag like that at all. The photo doesn’t do it justice, either. I’d guess the low points and high points are about 8-10 inches apart in height. Thoughts?


r/Concrete 8d ago

OTHER Progression in concrete

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Hi ive been doing concrete work for I think about 7 months (counting the previous season, im 🇨🇦) and I was just wondering about progression in the field. Last season I started off just as a digger getting sites ready for the frame/pour crews. Later, the owner started putting me as a helper for the pour crews, so I’ve been around many frames and pours especially this year as the owner decided to move me to a permanent crew. Which is pretty sick, I like getting to actually use tools and be there for projects start to finish. The only issue is I think I’m just like terrible. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m a good laborer and do what I’m told but I’m genuinely feel so confused a lot of time and feel like I should know a lot of this already. But yeah with that being said I’m just wondering how fast you guys found you progressed in your concrete journeys. I think part of it is that while I am on permanent crew now I’m still really just a laborer. My foreman has been pretty sick though, and he’s pretty good for giving me hands on experience so I can actually learn.


r/Concrete 10d ago

Update Post Painted and clean. Framing starts Monday.

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r/Concrete 9d ago

Concrete Pro With a Question Locating utilities underground

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Looking for some help from pros on commercial sites.