She did a great job. Not many videos where the homeowner looks like they're actually pulling their own weight!

@davidparker9676

3 ай бұрын

That is because most of them are affluent elitists looking for free repairs.

@billythygoat

3 ай бұрын

Because she's a business owner. It's what drives the prices of houses actually, so prospective home buyers have to pay more since there is less supply.

@Kevin-mp5of

2 ай бұрын

She’s part of the problem in this country…

@Santirata

2 ай бұрын

​@@billythygoatBelieve she said she lives in the home and rents out the other unit. Don't see the issue with that if it helps her springboard to a single family home she can't afford right now.

@cpg8000

Ай бұрын

@FrostyKik Not everyone is physically capable of this kind of labor

Very educational I learned a lot!

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

Here's another chapter ....20 min after taping, it all comes crashing to the ground

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Very gonadular in nature

1:31 look at the paint over spray 😮.

@volvo09

3 ай бұрын

I was going to comment on that.. brutal.

@leonardcrisci7254

3 ай бұрын

😂

@Zamollius_the_Holy

3 ай бұрын

@@volvo09 it's your typical landlord quality i.e. little to none.

@loumonte658

3 ай бұрын

That's normal when spray painting. Later the Painter will brush paint the trim boards and it will look beautiful. Normally windows get masking tape and poly to keep the glass from getting overspray on them.

@jaycahow4667

3 ай бұрын

You mean paint under spray. It looks like they are painting the house blue over white. They did not want to mess up the white porch trim so they stopped at the last level and will paint that level by hand.

Nice video.

I like it, but why not put back a control joint? And for the DIYers, where to get rid of the concrete waste? I have to admit, I find it hard to believe that in a year you cannot distinguish the new from the old portion.

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

You're worried about where to get rid of the waste?? ..when it gets dark, chuck in your neighbors bushes, or dump it on the curb up the street, there are many places Ned, you gotta think outside the box

@edbuurman3262

2 ай бұрын

@@OrangeCountySkid I do not consider that a solution to the problem, that is moving it to someone else. All the more reason for "This Old House" to address this aspect in all their projects (they rarely/never(?) do).

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

@@edbuurman3262 they don't address it because they are the ones dumping it or leaving it, there's nothing wrong with dumping them garbage down the street, public works will eventually pick it up, I pay taxes so might as well!!!

Probably would’ve been best to apply a surface retarder, then get the water hose, and spray it down after an hour of setting up, to expose the aggregate more and deeper

@davidparker9676

3 ай бұрын

True, it will never look the same as the rest of the walkway, it will always look newer and smoother.

@traktion9

3 ай бұрын

@@davidparker9676 its impossible to match perfectly, you'll always know where new and old is no matter what technique.

@davidparker9676

3 ай бұрын

@@traktion9 A skilled person can do a much better job matching it than what was done here. Telling her to let mother nature do the matching is a steaming load of BS. The new crew on TOH is a bunch of clowns, they have hired people for the wrong reasons... it sure wasn't because they are masters in their trade.

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

I don't think she wanted an exact copy lol. It's an investment property, the next owners don't want museum quality concrete lol.

@nickbrockelman

3 ай бұрын

@davidparker9676 honestly I can't agree more. When the first tool he grabbed wasn't an angle grinder I didn't even know where we were going with this. But let's be honest with each other, there is absolutely no replacement for Tom Silva. There never has been and they never will be

Elsbeth has never been so tired in her life.

Cool

Director: Just say OK. Homeowner : OK.

@snick._.c

2 ай бұрын

She said yep one time she's a good actress

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Ok

I like watching this show cause I do a lot of work with my landlord and he's impressed by what I know I said I just watch ask this old house you'll get ideas this guy is awsome

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

There ya go, do a lot of work for landlord, after he triples the price of the property, and sells it, you're out and get nothing... Hes impressed with you alright....

Parts of my sidewalks are cracking. What do I do if neighbors tree roots are growing under my sidewalk?

🙌🙌🙌

Surprised there's not more talk about color matches - he just says it's going to look like the old concrete.... maybe that's like the standard mix used all over the area?

I would of drilled into each slab at the ends where they cut and put a couple small pieces of rebar sticking out the ends to tie the new slab and old slabs together and keep them from rasing higher or lower than each other during freeze and thaw cause their technically not connected together as they are if it the sidewalk was poured all at once and be one solid piece,

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

Most people would HAVE… a lot…

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

​@@Kevin-mp5of have what, that first guy lost.me at newel post

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

You would HAVE

@aggieraz

2 ай бұрын

Doweling is common for use for roadway design (or engineered pavement design); you probably are used to that sort of work. This looks like it's not well thought out, just like 90% of stuff you see on HGTV shows. They don't even use welded wire mesh to minimize future cracks.

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

@@aggieraz like 421 Dowling Street?

As someone (Wicked Good Handyman) who has done quite a bit of concrete work, there was a big mistake made here. Mark never pulled up the wire mesh as he was laying the concrete. What good is the wire mesh if its at the bottom of the concrete? FYI: The wire mesh gives the concrete flex strength espeically when loads are applied and freezing and thawing.

@shanew7361

2 ай бұрын

Yea, this was a complete hack job. I'd have fired him on the spot. Discusses nothing about slump either.

@CertifiedMailSignatureRequired

2 ай бұрын

C'mon guys, it's an investment property. Just looking for quick fix for tenants, not their house. lol @Puresmarts @@shanew7361

@CertifiedMailSignatureRequired

2 ай бұрын

2x4's are levels now-a-days! c'mon!

@PureSmarts

2 ай бұрын

Yes, you are 100% correct. I didn't want to rip Mark apart. BTW, did you notice the mix on the first wheel barrel dump?@@shanew7361

I wouldn't trust previous construction to have proper pitch, when it only takes a second or two to check it.

@blueline308

3 ай бұрын

But even if the existing pitch was off, how would they have fixed it without tearing out everything?

@roderickfemm8799

3 ай бұрын

@@blueline308 They could easily have made it a little higher in the back to make the pitch more in the right direction. Worst case, the water might run into the yard where the old and new sections meet, instead of running back towards the house.

@davidparker9676

3 ай бұрын

@@roderickfemm8799 If you raise the part near the steps then you mess with the step height and code compliance. It was fine how they did it, if she doesn't like it she can redo the whole path later on.

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

The pitch wasn't the problem to begin with. Pour substrate and too much salt usage was

@Kevin-mp5of

2 ай бұрын

SLOPE

So, if you use brick sand how is that going to keep the walkway from icing over?

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

It doesn't ...pay attention

Nice job, interesting why to expose the aggregate, and just a heads up, there’s no lime in concrete

🤙

They also didn't mention anything about how deep the concrete should be.

I never understood why people think floating concrete fast means you're good.

Step one. Get rid of the concrete. Step two. Call it a day.

Idk if it would work in this case, there might be some smarter concrete experts in the comments, but I've seen them throw sugar on the curing concrete to give a more prominent aggregate look. From what I've seen it looks like it might have led to a better match to the old walkway pattern in this case

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

Sugar stops the curing process. Concrete truck drivers use soda when their trucks break down so the concrete doesn't set up. Using sugar on a pour is asking for very low quality. Use a surface retarder...

Is there some reason why you didn't score the concrete more so that you could break it up easier

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

Because they like to work harder, not smarter…

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

Because that doesn't really help.

@nickbrockelman

3 ай бұрын

@@RealMTBAddict what are you talking about if you make an x on the Square and you hit each corner it breaks up into four pieces in about three hits. And when you're a little woman with not a lot of strength breaking a big job up into a little job can help make sure it gets done properly besides if it didn't really help then why is it the method to remove material like this you pretty much every other similar situation from blasting holes in mines to fixing tile floors.

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

@@nickbrockelman Well in residential areas you have to keep the dust down. Scoring it will just take up too much time. 3 swings of a sledge takes 6 seconds and does more damage. I'm worried they aren't even using gloves...

@nickbrockelman

3 ай бұрын

@RealMTBAddict I would be willing to bet that you are judging the amount of time it takes to score a concrete on how long it took them to make those two cuts and not from personal experience. Your second sentence about concern over gloves confirms it for me. I don't know where you live but everywhere I've ever work construction (that's two major cities and everywhere in between) copious dust creation has never been an issue. certainly not one where controlling it was regulated by any Authority for public health and safety concern. Anything I've ever done that created so much dust there was a concern it just got wetted beforehand and this was no longer an issue. As far as the amount of time it takes to make the cuts.. it's all about the tool that you use. I have no idea what that thing he's using is but every concrete man I've ever known would have used an angle grinder will the diamond blade on it to do all of the cutting work and it would have taken maybe 2 minutes total to do all four cuts

They didn't say anything about what size stones they were using or how deep it should be.

5:09 8:23 9:29

Would seasons of drought in southeast Texas also do this to a sidewalk?

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Those guys on that Titan submersible imploded

2:32 “Dusk Mask?”

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Undawareh

Not even welded wire mesh? This will break again, real soon.

@kent223

2 ай бұрын

They added wire mesh.

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Like that Titan submersible....those guys imploded

Kobalt wheelbarrow.😉

What is brick sand?

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

Sand with brick in it .....cmon really ......

LOW COMPACTION WITH THAT LOOSE SOIL WITH REBAR STAKE, 40 YEARS INSPECTION, UGH lol he knew it ugh

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

Private property doesn't require inspections...

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Please stop yelling....ya know those guys on that Titan submersible imploded

Looks like Mauro was there first. 😂

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

lol that fvvkin hack

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

He's a perbaht

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

Elsbeth…. That sounds like something a perbaht would say…

This is not Victory Style.

I would've told her to mist it a few times a day for a week, for a natural cure.

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

Exactly , it's gonadular in nature

That Elsbeth sure is hardworking and cute. Would love to have her as my landlord.

@Kevin-mp5of

2 ай бұрын

And I'm sure she'd like to have a perbeht like you as a tenant...

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

New rules perbaht.....keep it in the pants unless you're going to stir paint with it

@Kevin-mp5of

2 ай бұрын

@@OrangeCountySkid who’s this chucker?

Since she helped, is it free or did she have to pay still? 😂

@BIKEBLADESKATE

2 ай бұрын

It’s a tv show. No she didn’t have to pay.

When Mark talks about New England having a freeze thaw cycle. he makes it sound like it only happens in New England. the freeze thaw cycle happens across almost half of the entire continental US. I live in the Chicagoland area and we get a freeze thaw cycle.

He said crack

@OrangeCountySkid

2 ай бұрын

Like butt??.... hahahahahahahahah

Repairing a worn out concrete sidewalk by master TOH mason contractor Mark McCollough

Ok that will be $2,500

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

More like $1,000

I love the fact that the home owner was not only there to help. But also there just in case the tenant came home. I watch a lot of videos on the internet about mean people called Karen's or Ken's(obviously Karen for females and Ken for males). If the tenant is a Karen or Ken, then they would have seen the property owner there and would not have caused any problems by calling the police about Mark destroying the sidewalk.

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

No apostrophe...

No dry pour? 😂

@TwoCaptainsOneShip

3 ай бұрын

Seems to be the “new trend”…😂😂😂

@traktion9

3 ай бұрын

Mark would never hint at that baloney.

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

Oh be quiet

Just came straight to the comment section to see how all the experts would do it. Not even sure why PBS has these hacks on here.

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

It's cheap, PBS is always in the hole

Use sand not salt

@joeforest8633

3 ай бұрын

I use pepper

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

Old Bay ....keeps dah lobstahs happhy

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

@@OrangeCountySkid I thought buttah kept the lobstahs happy….

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

I use manly steps 😂

That's ballsy (and irresponsible) to just assume the previous pour had the right (or any) pitch...

@davidparker9676

3 ай бұрын

Trust me, there were no balls on this project. You might have thought you you saw a cue ball but it was the mason's head.

@OrangeCountySkid

3 ай бұрын

LMB

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

@@OrangeCountySkid EMA

@RealMTBAddict

3 ай бұрын

That's not why it cracked... Pay attention.

@Kevin-mp5of

3 ай бұрын

This comment is very gonadular in nature...

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