Fill the hole with Fast-Setting Concrete up to 3 to 4 inches below ground level.Pour about a gallon of water per 50 lb baginto the hole and allow the water to saturate the concrete mix. Wait about 4 hours to begin constructing your fence or applying heavy weight to your post. What ha...
Clean the pipe stack with an old rag. Then apply primer to the inside of the pipe stack coming up through the concrete slab as well as to the outside of the shower drain that is attached to the new flange. After the primer has dried, apply pipe cement to the same areas, known as ...
Move them out of the way of where you’re working in order to avoid an unwanted tripping hazard. Step 6 - Undermine Concrete Slabs Use a process called “undermining” concrete by removing soil beneath the concrete slab. This will allow the concrete to be more easily broken. First use a ...
one of the best ways to repair these cracks is to fill them in with concrete repair caulk. Although this will repair the crack, the caulk will not match the color of the concrete and will be visible when cured. However, there is a little trick that can be done ...
Turn your balcony or patio into a modern garden oasis with this project comprised of three pieces, two planter boxes and one concrete slab for the bench. It can be moved around with relative ease and the deep planters allow plant roots plenty of room to grow. Drain holes in the bottom ...
Hello all. I am currently working on a project whereby we are required to evaluate and potentially reinforce an existing concrete slab due to the creation of a future 4 feet by 4 feet future opening for electrical conduits. We are dealing with a very old building that is in good shape (...
Fill the form until the concrete is flush with the form's top edge. Repeatedly plunge a spare piece of rebar in and out of the wet concrete to encourage settling and remove air pockets. Draw a scrap piece of 2-by-4 across the form's top to screed the concrete; select a straight pie...
The new industry standard for measuring concrete RH is the in situ concrete relative humidity test as described in the ASTM F2170 standard test method. It involves drilling a hole into the concrete and using an electronic relative humidity probe to directly measure the moisture in the slab. ...
You may have heard about the technique of drilling holes in concrete and filling them with expanding mortar to break up the slab. However, this is really for big commercial jobs where blasting or other methods are undesirable. For you, drilling 1-inch-diameter holes throughout a slab is as...
In the example above, the shipping container bottom corner blocks are welded to steel plates imbedded in the concrete slab to secure the house to the foundation. All corner blocks are welded to each other to secure the containers to themselves in the image below. Install windows, exterior ...