Pouring A Small Concrete Pad

A typical pad has a 4 inch layer of gravel underneath and about 4 inches of concrete on top.

Pouring a small concrete pad.

Fast way to lay a concrete slab fast way to pour a concrete slab fastest possible way to pour concrete fast small concrete slab how to make a concrete pad ho. A long lasting pad prevents the problem. A solid concrete pad is 4 inches thick rests on a bed of well tamped gravel and is reinforced with reinforcing wire mesh. In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab.

Level screed the concrete in a back and forth sawing motion with a 2 4 cut plenty long enough to span the form. Many concrete patios and sidewalks are less than 2 inches thick and lack metal reinforcing. First and foremost is subgrade preparation get that wrong and the slab will crack. 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.

So the first thing i wanted to do was pour a small concrete slab for it to sit on. Pour the concrete in small sections spreading the concrete by moving the chute back and forth and by having the driver pull forward as you go. 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. Back behind my shop there is already a small slab that is roughly 2 x 2 but it wasn t level and.

After reinforcing material is placed halfway through the concrete finish pouring to the top of the forms. Although the amount of concrete that s required is small a landing for a deck stairway or in this case a pad for a propane tank requires nearly the same forming and finishing techniques as a full size slab. In areas subject to freezing winters such slabs usually crack. For larger pads a stronger reinforcement option is a lattice work of steel rebar.