Hacking Concrete with Tim Seay & Landon Blanks
Hacking Concrete is a show about building a business in the decorative concrete industry. We will cover every aspect our our business, from dealing with customers to executing projects and everything in between.
- Update frequency
- every 70 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
10 Things You Need to Know if You are New to the Concrete Business
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
Decorative Concrete School
https://decorativeconcreteschool.com
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10 Things You Need to Know if you are New to the Concrete Business
10 Things You Need to Know if you are New to the Concrete Business
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
Decorative Concrete School
https://decorativeconcreteschool.com
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We Didn't Do It!
On this episode, we talk how we always get blamed for every problem on a job.
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
Decorative Concrete School
https://decorativeconcreteschool.com
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Politics and a Drinking Problem
On this episode, we talk about our goals for our company... and we discuss how we dealt with a drinking problem with a former crew member.
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
Decorat…
The Little Things...
On this episode, we talk about 2 little jobs that were way more difficult than any of the bigger projects we do .
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
Decorative Concrete School
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The Errors (of our Eras) Tour - Part 2
On this episode, we talk about how we got into the concrete business. We start at the very beginning and work our way through the past 20 years.
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
D…
The Errors (of our Eras) Tour - Part 1
On this episode, we talk about how we got into the concrete business. We start at the very beginning and work our way through the past 20 years.
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://dewalt.com
D…
The Tough World of Concrete Coatings: Blake Dungey Breaks It Down
On this episode, we interviewed Blake Dungey from Volt Coatings and we talked about scaling from an owner operator to a 4 crew epoxy garage floor business.
Sponsored by Dewalt: https://…
This was so stressful...
On this episode we talk about the most stressful project we've ever done. A local college had 12k square feet of concrete poured, and they broadcast colored aggregate into it. Once it c…
Concrete FOMO - #28
On this episode we talk about how we have been taking on too many projects because of FOMO...
Decorative Concrete School
https://decorativeconcreteschool.com
Danny Barrera, Concrete Market…
Landon, we've got a problem... 🤦🏻♂️ #27
On this episode we talk about some different issues we've had with employees over the years in our concrete business.
Decorative Concrete School
https://decorativeconcreteschool.com
Danny…
I cant believe we are doing this again...
On this episode, we talk about how we are adapting our marketing efforts as we (probably) head into a recession.
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This is Probably a Bad Idea... #25
On this episode, we talk about how we handle incoming leads. We always try to get people to fill out our online form... but some people just don't want to do that.
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Why Do We Keep Doing This?! #24
On this episode, we talk about the direction we'd like for our concrete business to go...even though the business keeps pulling us in a different direction.
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Whats worse? Bidding Projects or Punch Lists?
On this episode, we talk about the two things we spend a ton of time on that we don't really charge for... Bidding & Punch lists.
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Who is Rick Lobdell? The Philosopher of Decorative Concrete & the Fastest Engraver on the Planet.
On this episode, we talk with Rick Lobdell about everything from decorative concrete to crop circles and Van Gogh.
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Easy Money with Ryan from Victory Outdoor Services :: #21
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Visit Ryan's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/VictoryOutdoorServices
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The Oldest Trick in the Book :: 12kft of Metallic Epoxy, 20k ft. of Stained Concrete
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Here is a link to the Three Color Metallic Epoxy Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB--_YtnZzE
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They Tried to Get Us Drunk : Hacking Concrete 19
Here is a link to the Full Project Tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aDhcmjjEgKs
Here is a link to the YouTube video of this podcast: https://youtu.be/We-Q52Q3mXU
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How to Get Screwed on a Polished Concrete Project
This was, by far, the hardest polished concrete project we've ever worked on. The worst part about the job was that we knew it was going to be bad, and we still allowed ourselves to get…