Pouring A Small Concrete Pad

Many concrete patios and sidewalks are less than 2 inches thick and lack metal reinforcing.

Pouring a small concrete pad.

A long lasting pad prevents the problem. So the first thing i wanted to do was pour a small concrete slab for it to sit on. For larger pads a stronger reinforcement option is a lattice work of steel rebar. We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect.

A typical pad has a 4 inch layer of gravel underneath and about 4 inches of concrete on top. In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab. First and foremost is subgrade preparation get that wrong and the slab will crack. When building a landing for deck stairs typical codes require the pad to extend beyond the steps about 36 inches behind the steps about 12 inches and on the sides of the steps about 6 inches.

Pouring a small concrete slab. By april wilkerson on october 18 2015 i am wanting to build a lean to right outside of my shop to store my dust collector in. Back behind my shop there is already a small slab that is roughly 2 x 2 but it wasn t level and. Once the truck has reached the end of a section spread the concrete out evenly and a touch higher than the form with a concrete placer rake.

After reinforcing material is placed halfway through the concrete finish pouring to the top of the forms. In areas subject to freezing winters such slabs usually crack. Level screed the concrete in a back and forth sawing motion with a 2 4 cut plenty long enough to span the form. A solid concrete pad is 4 inches thick rests on a bed of well tamped gravel and is reinforced with reinforcing wire mesh.