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Can one man pour and finish a good solid 10 x 30 foot concrete patio with a tiny cement mixer himself?
I've worked a little before with concrete but I'm not a contractor at all. I got this 5-cubic-foot mixer that doesn't fill the wheelbarrow with cement. I doubt it makes 5 cubic feet cement at once.
I figure the first half-cubic-yard poured will be too hard to do any screeding or trowelling while I'm mixing the seventh batch for pouring. I could put "construction breaks, but how much can I figure I can pour myself and still manage? By the way it's 10 x 30 feet but not very deep - the base rises up in places so it may be only 3.5 inches thick at the thinnest point but I plan on adding an acrylic bonding agent (acryl 60) and it really is foot traffic only anyway, AND the layer beneath the thinnest point is the old concrete sidewalk so that's not going to move much.
Thanks in advance!
see homier dot com item 03938 for mixer, rated "5 cubic feet" but I wonder how much concrete it can practically hold - less than a full wheelbarrow, I believe
professionals would make the whole piece and then slice it up to control where it cracks. If you want to do it piece-meal by yourself a manageable amount would be 3000 to 4000 lbs of concrete in a day. More if you are young and strong.
I would not expect to finish it in one day. I would make sure each section is nice and square where it will meet the next section and try 12 5X5 ft sections or 3 10x10 sections. One section per day if making the larger sections.
sounds like your mixer would do a few bags at a time which is much easier than mixing by hand and is enough to keep you busy
there are a lot of nice options for texture and color if you want to get creative and make it look more like stone or brick.
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