Pouring my own patio extension...

You can do it, but you’re going to hate your life.

Just pay the small load fee and get a concrete truck. I’m assuming there is enough room to get the truck back there so you can tailgate it.

We already have cracking issues in our driveway so I'm trying to avoid bringing a truck in.

Another option is to rent a Georgia buggy and get a truck to bring some concrete. Can also ask the concrete company to add an additive to make the concrete not set as fast to give y’all some wiggle room and peace of mind.

just rent the boom truck so its all done in the street

those booms can reach over the house if need be

the concrete will be unfinished and dry in one corner while you are still trying to fill the rest of the form. no way in hell a slab of that size can be poured by hand unless you hire a 30 man work crew and rent 4 or 5 of those mixers

Thanks for all the advice. Looks like I'll be hiring someone. Maybe I can find some foreigners needing some extra work.

Anything over 20 bags is a no go. It will be cheaper and way easier to get a concrete truck in.

What about using concrete molds(link below)? it takes a little under 1 80lb bag to fill one 2'x2' mold. The concrete truck route does not seem like an option here. a doing this by hand has to be cheaper than a pavers company, right?

Concrete mold

Don't do it.

I tried to do it with 40 bags. Turned out like shite, and my back was killing me.


70 bags of concrete is almost 3000lbs. You gonna put that on a trailer, b/c that ain't going in the back of your truck in one load.


I guarantee you by the 20th bag, you're gonna want to say frick this, but you can't, b/c you have to work very quickly. holding up a 40lb bag high enough to dump into a concrete mixer for the 70th time is going to kill you.

get a concrete truck to come by and go rent one of the buggies that can transport large quantities.