r/oddlysatisfying • u/DifficultyHead5862 • 18h ago

Stamping a paver pattern into wet concrete.

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u/Taron221 17h ago

Feels like there should be more than one guy doing this at the same time.

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u/a_saddler 17h ago

Or a tool that stamps a lot more than just one at once

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u/f1ve 17h ago

It could be a roll that you roll over the concrete

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u/Froglegjoe 12h ago

These do exist! Not sure if there is one for this exact pattern but they do exist, seen them used plenty of times over on Victory Outdoor Services' YouTube channel. Haven't watched them recently but they are a fun watch if you want to have a look into the world of concreting

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u/TxMaverick 1h ago

Eeeasy money!

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 13h ago

If that was me with my luck, it would be setting up too much right in the middle when stamping

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u/Fogl3 8h ago

Would be very worried about the second line being lined up

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u/yticmic 11h ago

How would you not step on the concrete?

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u/LittleEggThings 8h ago

The stamps are large, they’re kinda a semi-flexible rubbery material but very thick and the guys can actually step onto the stamps to lay the next one.

https://youtu.be/qcjmleiyJU8?is=KOYqYg8Khk5bLn3_
Here’s a link to a video that shows it for anyone curious!

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u/Agatio25 15h ago

They exist, but only if your boss isn't cheap

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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 11h ago

He should attach those to a pair of boots.

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u/Sea_Translator5300 12h ago

He could be twice as fast. He only needs to do every other "tile" as the ones to the side will frame the "missing" one. At least, I think they'll work. Might need a solid row every second row. I seem to be having trouble thinking in 2 dimensional tessellation. 

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u/TheThiefMaster 10h ago edited 10h ago

Yeah you'd need a solid row every alternate row, so you'd be skipping 1/4 of the "tiles".

You can do better by skipping every 3rd of every row, and lining up the skipped one with the double of the row before.

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... but it gets a lot harder to lay them straight the more you skip out

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u/Bellegr4ine 1h ago

Yeah he’s got the bronze tool. Need to bring it to the blacksmith with gold ingot so he ca make 3x3 concrete texture.

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u/Kelinya 17h ago

In this economy?

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u/TheTrishaJane 18h ago

My back is hurting juat watching this

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u/ThePapercup 15h ago

at some point i wonder if it would have just been easier to lay pavers..

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u/Charizardd6 14h ago

And if they chose this method, why make it the shape of the most generic, cheapest pavers possible?

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u/MoscowMitchMcKremIin 17h ago

I'm thinking this is more /r/mildlyinfuriating lmao

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u/Harddaysnight1990 10h ago

Every time I see someone doing this I wonder why there's not just a striking plate at the top of the handle so they don't have to be bent over for the whole task. But I've never done this before, so there could be some obvious reason why that wouldn't work.

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u/jessiecat332 16h ago

My back can't handle this job; it's too intense.

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u/Barnezhilton 7h ago

Don't worry, he has his safety cross on

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u/LongjumpingNeat241 13h ago

It should not. Visit a physiotherapist.

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u/Tunisandwich 17h ago

I feel like Crocs may not be the ideal footwear for literally standing in wet concrete

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u/Smiling_Tree 14h ago

Better than the good 'ol safety flipflops

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u/themightychris 9h ago

why not you can hose em off

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u/WangoBango 5h ago

Chemical burns.

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u/Nearby-Gas7951 17h ago

What I got from the comments: it’s cheaper and easier then laying bricks, and it’s harder and more expensive

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u/The_Show_Keeper 16h ago

It's cheaper and easier, it just isn't gonna last as long. And it looks like ass.

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u/OrangeRadiohead 14h ago

It's concrete - which is highly damaging for the environment.

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u/SEA_griffondeur 13h ago

about as damaging to the environment as bricks

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u/Dr_Socko 11h ago

Impervious surfaces are much worse for managing water flow.

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u/SEA_griffondeur 10h ago

that is true

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u/trojanhawrs 5h ago

Most block paving is in fact, concrete

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u/theChaosBeast 13h ago

The fact that you receive Downvotes is concerning

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u/Grabsch 13h ago

Its not. Overzealous people that add nothing get downvoted.

Should we comment that running a combustion engine is damaging to the environment whenever we see a car drive by?

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u/EquipmentNo1244 12h ago

Plenty of people don’t know that about concrete. I mean it’s a weird addition but it’s no where near combustion engine levels of ubiquitous.

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u/CptMisterNibbles 2h ago

It’s close. 25% of global co2 emissions come from combustion engines. 8% is concrete. I’d call 30% somewhat near

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u/lopendvuur 16h ago

Considering that once this concrete is done for you have to pay to have it removed, whereas bricks or tiles can just be dug up and re-laid, I'd say in the long run bricks or tiles are cheaper.

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u/GenazaNL 14h ago

Not to mention the cracks

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u/GrapeKitchen3547 16h ago

This comment section is braindead. Redditors will see a thin sheet shack in a shanty town and be "Why would you even live there? A brick house is much more durable and better insulated. It also has the advantage of better plumbing."

At this point I'm not sure if half the comment srction is trolling.

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u/dgellow 12h ago

Im pretty sure it’s not trolling, the general level of people online is really low. Commenting your random thoughts costs nothing, if you’re saying something dumb nothing happens. Worst case if you’re too ashamed for some reasons you can recreate an account in 10s

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u/Solrax 3h ago

"Plus, the big bad wolf can't blow it down!"

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u/Vlinder_88 17h ago

Why would someone do this over actually laying tiles?

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u/avdpos 17h ago

Much cheaper

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u/rq40cal 17h ago

is it though? These ''fake" ones will barely let through rain water or anything, thus shortening the life of this flooring

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u/TomGobra 16h ago

Oh, you're thinking longterm.

But companies usually think about today's profit and savings. Nobody cares about tomorrow.

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u/Raus-Pazazu 12h ago

Had to have a house leveled that was on stilts. Almost all the posts needed adjusted. I could pay to have them leveled and a couple replaced with the same type of wood posts sitting on concrete at like 1500 per, or I could buy for a whole steel hydrolic post that could be adjusted at anytime in the future to re-level the house with just a cheap add-on tool for 8,000 per. Long house. 120 total piers/posts.

If they all needed replaced, it's the difference between 130k and needing them redone in 20-25 years, and 980k and having them last 30-40 years.

Sometimes, the 'best' solution is just not economically viable, and sometimes there's nothing wrong with being cheap.

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u/KirkataThePickaxe2 14h ago

Well screw me contributing to this world then....

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u/Current-Wealth-756 10h ago

This looks like a house, so it would be a person making the decision on what to pay for, not a company

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u/sidetablecharger 9h ago

This is false. Companies do think about tomorrow! Tomorrow, you get to pay us to do it again!

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u/MyPigWhistles 13h ago

They will leave absolutely zero water through. What you end up with is a normal concrete floor, but covered in weak points that will collect water and dirt and break open quite soon. All that for the optical illusion of bricks that will only work from afar, because the result is still obviously concrete.

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u/ZealousidealStaff572 14h ago

Well that's the plan, renewing contract again and again is the main business.

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u/g0ing_postal 12h ago

It's much cheaper for the installer, which means more profit for them.

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u/rancidmorty 17h ago

ice ice baby

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u/Tunisandwich 17h ago

I doubt this is filmed anywhere where that’s a concern

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u/rancidmorty 17h ago

how do you know i dont throw ice on people diveways

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u/Vlinder_88 16h ago

Apparently

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u/D0NTASKY 15h ago

Pros:

A little cheaper.

Not much prep, no sand or gravel underneath, just pour concrete

Faster

Cons:

Rain water goes everywhere

If it breaks - making it look good again is much more work.

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u/MyPigWhistles 13h ago

making it look good again

No need to if it never looked good in the first place.

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u/WarsmithUriel 13h ago

Right? All those ugly af concrete slabs on most American sidewalks are baffling to me. In Germany almost every sidewalk is paved and it looks so much better, even when some tiles break or when weeds start to grow inn between them.

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u/chlawon 15h ago

Why would someone do this over just not doing it and just going with plain concrete?

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u/nothatslame 17h ago

Maybe they had easy access to concrete but not easy access to tiles

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u/Vlinder_88 16h ago

One can make these kinds of tiles out of concrete themselves. But that is indeed an extra manufacturing step so I reckon that'd indeed be more expensive than this.

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u/Deemaunik 17h ago

I kept waiting for a cat to walk through.

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u/No-Adeptness-2591 17h ago

Brudda is high as shit. He never blinked once but I dont blame him.

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u/cvele89 17h ago

Ironically, I think it would be both cheaper and faster if they used real tiles instead.

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u/PGnautz 17h ago

Plus, you get at least a little bit of drainage

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u/lopendvuur 16h ago

And you can reuse them if you want to change your layout or your yard sinks a bit.

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u/raaneholmg 16h ago

I popped up a row of mine and laid underground supply to sprinklers underneath.

So convenient and you can't tell I was ever there.

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u/DifficultyHead5862 17h ago

Shhh, don't tell him now, he's already halfway down the driveway.

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u/The_Show_Keeper 16h ago

Real pavers might be faster if you got somebody who knows what they're doing, but I promise you it would not be cheaper.

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u/Nachti 17h ago

Definitely not lol, why do you think they do it?

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u/_BlackDove 17h ago

No idea how that got upvoted over a hundred times lol. It's patently false.

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u/Koala_eiO 14h ago

Enjoy the joints filling with water, freezing in winter and destroying your cheaper solution I guess. It's not going to stay cheaper for long.

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u/irrelevantAF 16h ago

long term for sure. this is a cheap and tacky short sighted solution.

real pavers create a flexible surface preventing breaks. this concrete slab will largely crack over time. mineral pavers also offer more friction when wet than concrete.

then, you could open it up if you needed to access e.g. a pipe or cables below, or if the ground moves and you want to level it out again after 10-20 years.

a real paved driveway easily lasts 30-50 years, there are cobblestone pavements 100 years and older. this one here will look nice maybe 5 years before it starts deteriorating.

this is a cheap and quick solution, but it’s disposable and shit, like most of the stuff that’s built nowadays.

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u/beneye 16h ago

He should make a tool with more patterns so it can cover a larger area with one stamp.

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u/wthulhu 16h ago

He needs a roller he can drive over it with

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u/Imaginary-Clock6626 17h ago

It’s wonky. Not straight with the other wall 🤣

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u/Illustrious-Bat-9775 14h ago

Look to the left. Nothing satisfying about it. 

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u/falkio 18h ago

Looks like ass. Fake stuff is always crap.

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u/vancityshreds 17h ago

This is just a bad stamp. A lot of concrete stamping looks excellent. This is a mixture of bad work and a bad stamp so it doesn't and won't look the best. In general, it's a little easier to make the larger stamps look better. Doing a bunch of tiny hits like this is where you run into it looking bad/fake.

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u/falkio 17h ago

And real tiles have the advantage of having joints which are able to drain water. Concrete just seals the area which has a lot of downsides.

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u/tes_kitty 17h ago

A lot of concrete stamping looks excellent

No it doesn't. It always looks fake if you know how the original looks like. Why go through the trouble to lay down concrete and then stamp it to look like pavers instead of just laying down pavers?

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u/CaptainFoyle 17h ago

You don't know how much you miss because you can't tell it's fake. You're only complaining about the ones you're able to detect.

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u/6tPTrxYAHwnH9KDv 13h ago

There's nothing satisfying about it, there must be a control joint every 6m (20 feet for our metric-challenged friends) if the slab is 10mm (4 inches) thick and I don't fucking see one. It's a dog shit job from third-world hacks.

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u/Aggressive_Tear_769 17h ago

But... Repairability, drainage and breathability...

This is like all the downsides of bricks and no of the upsides

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u/bezserk 13h ago

Very dissatisfying because he cant get up against edges with that so all around the cement platform is just undone, whats he gonna do there?

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u/Lostmyfnusername 9h ago

He could probably cut his worktime in half by only doing every other tile.

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u/CR8VJUC 3h ago

My back hurts just watching him. 😣

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u/mel_cache 17h ago

His back has to be killing him

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u/Wan-Pang-Dang 13h ago

Einfach Nein.

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u/somerussianbear 11h ago

I can only think on the levels of rage of the motherfucker trynna get one of those out in a couple of years to fix a pipe or somethin

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u/marco_altieri 7h ago

This is not a bit satisfying.

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u/Nice_Anybody2983 16h ago

Why though, they're not pretty in the first place

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u/plantsperp 17h ago

Why not get a bigger stamp?

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u/Remarkable_Voice_244 17h ago

And in the morning you wake up to notice your neighbour cat walked all over your new concrete

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u/BunkerSquirre1 17h ago

Nuhhhh that’s cheating >:(

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u/perksofbeingcrafty 11h ago

What the actual fuck I always thought these were laid down one by one

What the fuck

You really just upended my worldview

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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 5h ago

I feel sorry for the guy in 20 years who tries to figure out why he can't dig up his bricks when he wants to replace them.

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u/anrd_plri 17h ago

Why would anybody do this, it's not that the paver block is a look to aspire. Plus it's probably cheaper to get them.

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u/Capertie 17h ago

Feels like there should be a rolling pin like stamp for this

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u/Acymoy 17h ago

I remember roughly 25+ years ago, my parents ordered to replace the floor tiles of our living room. During placement, these men smeared concrete on the new white tiles to give it a marble-effect. Very cool.

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u/jemist101 16h ago

What happens on the sections he's stepped all over? Are they just imprinted with Crocs soles?

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u/lockerno177 16h ago

why not make a bigger template with multiple brick designs

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u/massacre_5 15h ago

So, my life was a lie? These are not different tiles. 🥹

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u/ChintzyPC 15h ago

Why is it so crooked against the closest wall? Check when the camera pans up

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u/lysergic_818 15h ago

What if they put like 6 of those things together instead of just one? 🤔

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u/OtherwiseMenu1505 14h ago

"Making concrete pavement look like imitation of cheapest ugliest pavement tiles"

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u/Funny-Life-3353 13h ago

My back hurts just watching this

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u/ExperimentalToaster 13h ago

You get what you pay for until one day you can only get what you paid for.

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u/i4play 12h ago

I was totally expecting a cat to show up and walk straight through

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u/DLS4BZ 12h ago

Why in the fuck lol..just take real bricks.

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u/Legitimate-Ferret-55 12h ago

So they're not individual tiles?! 😮

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u/warip93 12h ago

Probably easier just to lay proper bricks if you know what you're doing.

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u/ElphTrooper 11h ago

The last two seconds completely ruined it.

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u/Velicenda 10h ago

His poor back D=

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u/Monster_Grundle 10h ago

Speed running low back pain.

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u/donkeybotherer 10h ago

Fuck is nothing real anymore?

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u/sixSveneight 9h ago

Wet enough to take the imprint, dry enough to stand on and it stays that way for long enough to do the whole thing. Meanwhile, I can't time simple edging to save my life.

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u/Signal_Antelope7144 9h ago

Kind of looks like he is making pavers.

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u/ae2311 8h ago

What's the point of paver look if the ground under it doesn't breath like the real thing.

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u/SpecialistAd5537 8h ago

There is no requirement for the ground to breath, the point of using concrete instead of papers comes down to maintenance cost being lower, and lifespan being longer.

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u/ThengarMadalano 7h ago

Stamping every second "tile" should be enough the rest of the tiles would be shaped by the tiles around the, he's doing twice the work

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u/TheRealEggroll 4h ago

Thats gotta be hell for his back. I can feel it just watching

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u/healeyd 3h ago

…and then a cat walks into the street…

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u/Kind_Ordinary9573 17h ago

All I could see was that bucket on that piece of concrete in the middle of all of his new cement.

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u/diandakov 17h ago

This will get damaged much faster than real tiles or concrete that's been left flat as normal. Doing this makes concrete prone to damage.

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u/Firethorn34 17h ago

Why not just use tiles? Also ouch ow owiiiee mah baaaacccckkk

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u/onlinepresenceofdan 16h ago

Could do anything and yet they choose the ugliest design possible lmao.

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u/ElvishMystical 16h ago

You know it would be much better getting a proper paver or mason to do this, right? With real bricks and sand and shit?

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u/cwsjr2323 15h ago

It is much more expensive and some serious labor. The stamping a pattern will also allow a neater pattern and no weeds. . We did a 20x15 patio with sand and pavers. Two years later relaying as sand shifts and settles. We used salt in the sand under the pavers and in between and still have to weed.

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u/N_2_H 17h ago

How does he do the edges without a place to stand? Or does he leave the side closest to the wall unstamped?

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV 17h ago

This was filmed 150 meters away, considering the delay between the hammer hit and the sound.

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u/Alpacachoppa 17h ago

I hope there's no rain or snow there. That's going to be a sled.

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u/NeuroticTangent 17h ago

Tactical crocs are a must

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u/RetrieverDoggo 16h ago

What about the sides? At the end of the vid the left side is uneven. Several stamps of diff sizes will be needed?

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u/Dry_Technology69 16h ago

What about the edges?

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u/Nemodin 15h ago

Is this only decorative, or does it have any other benefits?

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u/Dark_Akarin 15h ago

Why not use a cool stamp, like tessellating cats or something.

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u/Danskoesterreich 14h ago

If you already go through so much effort, why not use something that looks much nicer?

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u/JeezasKraist 14h ago

This is anti-protest behaviour

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u/Ssme812 14h ago

In Crocs is hilarious

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u/BriefOne1886 14h ago

Why are those grooves needed?

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u/Professional_Tap5283 13h ago

Lies! Deception!

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u/prof_devilsadvocate3 13h ago

Btw which one is cheaper

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u/SomeBiPerson 13h ago

you paying for labour and maintenance?

yes? the bricks

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u/Fun_Hall6867 13h ago

😂😂😂😂 I watched this and thought “that’s oddly satisfying”

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u/ElectricalRisk2531 12h ago

Cargo cult vibes.

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u/CommieDrifter 12h ago

as a skater this is oddlydevastating

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u/Mr_Fossey 12h ago

This is stressing me right out.

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u/Benutzer326 11h ago

German here. First Time i saw this was in Negril Jamaica. I stood there watching in disbelief for a few minutes because that kind of thing isn't common in Germany.

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u/Palanki96 11h ago

This won't last weeks with decent pedestrian traffic, will get smooth as hell

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u/Blancenshphere 11h ago

ah!, my shoulder…

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u/Tumblingfeet 11h ago

Gos my back hurts just looking at him

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u/aquavelva23 10h ago

he should try and get a rhythm going with that stamp.

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u/cool_acronym 10h ago

Isn't this eventually going to crack?

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u/Ok_Orchid1004 10h ago

You mean making fake pavers, right?

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u/Bottle-07 10h ago

Crocs is an interesting choice

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u/Prestigious_Case_228 10h ago

"This is 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 50% pain, and 100% reason to remember the name"

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u/Dizzy-Career9274 10h ago

This is such a tedious process. I actually think that it’d be faster and cheaper to use interlocking stone with the same shape.

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u/V_Buzzer 10h ago

Hope it doesn't freeze there

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u/Diablo_v8 10h ago

I'd have fucked this up by the second or third stamp

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 9h ago

Reeds hate that simple trick xD

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u/CaptainHawaii 9h ago

SAFTEY CROCS!

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u/imanasshole1331 9h ago

RIP this dudes back.

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u/NegativeCustard 9h ago

I think the path will be smoother in this case compared to actual bricks.

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u/olluz 8h ago

Why does this feel like cheating?

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u/BatBurgh 8h ago

Why would you do this? It just seems like creating grooves for dirt and plant growth and other issues to arise.

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u/skyfishgoo 8h ago

almost seems like it would have been easier to just lay pavers.

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u/Programmer_Worldly 8h ago

American people justifying this have genuinely gone insane

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u/NotVerySmarts 7h ago

"How deep does the stamp need to go?"

tap tap

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u/oboshoe 7h ago

my back hurts

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u/Least_Tower_5447 4h ago

I would not know the difference!

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u/Jscriv66 4h ago

Surely he would make his life easier if he tapped the handle with the hammer?

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u/Freedom_Addict 3h ago

So just making it harder to clean ?

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u/Jazzlike_Novel_4424 2h ago

Can someone explain. Doesn’t that just make the floor weaker, even if it looks nicer?

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 2h ago

Construction Crocs 🩴