Thats gonna take 3 years to dry

Yowser ! That's quite the pour ! I'd like to know the background story. John T.

Cannot imagine a pour like that. I'd think they would put some filler in first and pout the last 8" or so.

If you turn the sound on, I think they'r speaking some strange language.

Maybe the guy has 4" legs. Suddenly, the concrete isn't so deep.

Rebar? Wire mesh?

I would have liked to see more video to get those questions answered.

I bet that isn't "concrete" per se but the grout like they use to backfill over drain pipes. It is a very lean mix that is mostly just there to provide mass that won't wash away. They did that here on a blow out in the road from a leaking storm drain pipe. They brought it up to about 4" below the grade of the road and finished it with asphalt. It was almost 10 yards of material to span an 18' road. (4' wide and ~4' deep).

Cool, thanks. Sounds probable.

Concrete does not "pour" and cement does not "dry."

True but I was trying not to be pedantic. ;)

Obviously, pros would call it curing. :)

I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called?

I assume you meant to say concrete, of which cement is only one ingredient, and whoever created the imgur link is responsible for using the word 'dry'. I just copied the title from there.

Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow.

I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that.

I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out.

Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! but long hard work days. It made me realize what I didn't want to do for the rest of my life ! John T.

The kid who mowed my lawn in high school, even during the school year iirc, laughed about his friends who worked at McDonalds. He made about

He was also very competent. When he read in the HOA newsletter that a board meeting was at my house, he made a point to mow my lawn that day. Most kids wouldn't even look at an HOA newsletter.

Right. Now he's VP of a Fortune 100 company. I wish I'd done so well.

Some summer jobs do provide incentive to get some schooling after high school. I spent 3 summers building mobile homes in the middle of NC where it got from 90 to 100 deg F many days and the building did not have AC. Got an Associate deg in Electronics and found a job that was fun for me.

The technical term in "place" and when concrete slump starts getting down around 3 it doesn't really "pour". Most homeowners mix concrete far too wet (high slump) and it will tend to be less strong when it cures but for most things that is not an issue.

Anything more than a yard or so and I hire a crew. I do have contacts in the biz and I know some good guys. A lot of Craigslist types are really bad at it. Up to a yard my wife and I will do it with my mixer.