Great cutting Tom, we're all human, I'm sure the boys will razz you about it great video

Looks really good! Enjoy the time with your son!

So much experience goes into the finishing of a job. Taking care of a problem before it happens. Great video. Stay safe.

I have not nor have ever had anything to do with concrete, however, I enjoy tremendously watching your excellent work, work-ethic, explanations, and quality video editing. I only wish I was younger (71) to go back and take this trade up. Looks like fun, but then you make it look easy - I know it is lots of hard work and your experience makes it look so easy. After watching dozens of your videos, I'm definitely a (KZread) expert on concrete... Over and 'aht'.

An 80 gallon air compressor is going right where the saw cut went crooked so it will be out of sight anyways.

i just started using one of the walk behind saws for the first time the other day. my boss showed me how to use it for a min then let me loose to cut 3 slabs. probably like 30 cuts. little nervous at first but i got the hang of it.

@Concretewiththehauses

5 ай бұрын

There’s a couple tricks to using it. you will pick up on them very quickly

Beautiful garage ( second one), with a car lift will be very functional! I bought a Milwaukee sprayer, they sell a second tank that connects to a concrete saw when no water is available. Thought that is pretty sweet!

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

Will use our sprayer sometimes to keep the dust down but it just makes such a mess on the floor hard to clean up without a garden hose

You must cut a lot. I use a medusaw to cut the little we do and it works really well. Great cut placement Tom. And great video.

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe do you have anything coming up this winter

Like your videos I live up by Greensburg Pennsylvania

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

That’s where my dad lives

I'm with Steve what you need to do next!!!! 👍

Wow !! I went out and checked my 30 some odd year old garage floor and sure enough there is a crack about two feet in all the way across the door opening.

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

You can tell Tom used to run dirt bikes with the way he’s got one finger on the clutch at all times 😎

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

That’s funny you should say that I took a motorcycle safety class for my street bike and the instructor kept yelling at me about the two fingers on the clutch thanks for watching

Nice work cutting concrete joints . 👍

Hermoso trabajo del garaje excelente equipo de profesionales 💯💯💯 saludos cordiales desde Chile 🇨🇱👌💯

Great work

Probably could put a Honda motor on the saws without much trouble if The Subaru motors ever die. Enjoyed your KZread

Nice job!!

30K coming up!

Tom, If you always find a crack about two feet in from the doorways, would it not be advisable to increase the reinforcement across the affected area. Just suggesting a possible solution to an ongoing problem. Maybe, using heavier gauge rebar mesh in the problem areas. Regards Robin.

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

We’ve tried that but it still happens. The best way we have found to protect that area is to put the saw cut in and give it relief in that area

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

It has nothing to do with settling.it’s all about the stress between the center of the floor in the garage door openings.so we know it wants to crack there we just try and control it .

Stephen, does he shoot straighter than cutting the saw cuts. Lmao. Y'all have a great day.

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no funny thanks for watching

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

If he would get his rifle sighted in, he would do a lot better haha I posted the video on my channel if you wanted to see him in action! Thanks for watching!

@mikemcguire8351

2 жыл бұрын

@@GunpowderandFreedom I will. I'm sure he can shoot accurately. He's the type (like me) what ever he does he wants to do the best of his ability and will practice and do until he is on top of the game.

The reason you typically get the Crack 2 feet in on a garage is that's the over dig line, unless u backfill with sand it's going to settle. I cut the same ways far as 2 feet in. Sitting here watching a city sidewalk that's been done for 2 hours, so that nobody walks in it, we have a guy who likes to ride his bike through fresh concrete, and our city makes the contractor tear them out and replace at our expense. Let's just say it's not a nice neighborhood and it's the busiest road in town.

@7.3powerstroke6

2 жыл бұрын

Thats bullshit, the city needs to start putting up cameras and make the people that ride through it pay for it. I feel personally that it's not your job to watch it.

@iowamatt2519

2 жыл бұрын

@@7.3powerstroke6 I hear ya, wasted a half day of 55 degree weather in Iowa in December. Those are few and far between.

*QUESTIONS* Mister, How deep do you cut into the concrete? Could please explain why it is not necessary to cut all the way through the thickness of the slab in order to get adequate stress relief ? Thank you for your consideration. Regards.

@skliros9235

2 жыл бұрын

Usually 1/4 of the thickness of the concrete. If 4 inches thick, then cut 1.5" And you could cut deeper, but then the slabs don't interlock as well when it cracks, and you could get vertical movement between slabs.

@lgl_137noname6

2 жыл бұрын

@@skliros9235 Thank you for your reply, sir. *Questions* : do cracks tend to develop mostly toward the surface ? Do slabs still crack below the cut depth ? Thank you for your consideration. regards

@skliros9235

2 жыл бұрын

@@lgl_137noname6 when concrete cracks, it's all the way through. The cut lines just give a place for the concrete to crack and not look bad versus a crooked crack.

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

With our soft cut saw‘s,, we cut 1 inch deep. I’d like to cut the same day or early next day in this colder weather sometimes we wait two days. It gives us a much cleaner cur. as the concrete dries it shrinks as the water evaporates and causes stress first off the middle as well as the corners

Do you cut all the way through to the gravel underneath? If not, how deep are you cutting?

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

No, we cut 1” deep

What is the purpose of the water and plastic ? Slow down the drying process so the top dosnt spiderweb crack ?

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

To protect it from the cold night it’s hovering right around 29°F

How deep are these cuts? I still don't understand why concrete cracks.

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

Concrete cracks for a number of reasons. In our area, it has a lot to do with the temperature changes. The extreme hot and cold temperature shifts makes the concrete shrink and expand. This will cause the concrete to crack. Thanks for watching!

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

1” Concrete is like that at times a little bit of a guessing game

How deep are your relief cuts into the cement, Tom?

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

1 inch

Pretty good success in Florida with no cracks... sorry bout that

We use the same style saws. Do you guys set them down when you turn around with the guide up??

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

When we spin them around we leave the guide down a quick alignment with the sawdust on the floor right beside the foot of the Saw if that makes sense and straight down

How deep is your saw cut?

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

1 inch

Good morning Tom. Does the concrete saw blade get you close enough to the walls, or do you need to use an angle grinder to finish the cut?

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

On garage floors, it’s fine. It will stop about 3” away from the wall but that’s not big deal. On our exterior work (our decorative concrete) we will use a grinder and run it the whole way to the wall. Thanks for watching!

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

About 3” away . I think that’s close enough

How deep is the saw cut

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

1”

Our garage floor, in NC, isn't cracked. I've noticed that here they don't but a foundation under the garage door openings. Dosen't seem right also don't care for the unconditioned crawl spaces, dirt floors, stepped footers and lack of good waterproofing of below grade walls, but those are other stories

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Why don’t you use water when sawing thought it helped with tool life?

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

We do sometimes. On this particular floor, there wasn’t water available. Thanks for watching!

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

We do sometimes. On this particular floor, there wasn’t water available. Thanks for watching!

@skliros9235

2 жыл бұрын

Dust isn't as bad since concrete is green, plus water gets rid of chalk lines.

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

If we don’t have a garden hose it just makes a mess.

Tom, in the first clip, ....chocolate concrete or camera exposure? And, when you recover it, will it stain before it is sealed due to the plastic and dirt foot prints ? Thanks..

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

The concrete is just drying a little unevenly. Where the sun shine hits in front of the doors compared to the back of the floor. it will all even out. thanks for watching

@JohnSmith-tv5ep

2 жыл бұрын

@@Concretewiththehauses Thanks Tom, appreciate your channel !

you are defeating the purpose of the soff-cut saw it should be sawn on the same day that the pour was made that saw is designed to cut soft concrete so the cracks don't get a head start the shoe on the bottom prevents tear out and chipping hence the name soff-cut

@Concretewiththehauses

2 жыл бұрын

In the summertime yes a lot of times we do same-day cut in this colder weather the concrete stays softer and we get a cleaner cut if we wait a day or two

@GunpowderandFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

If we cut it when the surface is too soft, we get a lot of chipping and the cut doesn’t look nice. Thanks for watching!