When you’re getting ready to pour a concrete shed slab, selecting the right concrete mix is a critical decision that will affect the longevity and durability of your shed. Concrete comes in various mixes, each designed for different applications. Understanding the options will help you make an ...
Use this free concrete calculator to quickly find out how many bags, yards or cubic meters you need. Simply enter length, width and thickness.
A slab pour requires efficient planning so that all of the elements that go into producing a high-quality slab are done in time (before the concrete sets) and done correctly. Knowing the right finishing tools to use and the right time to start bull floating and final troweling are essential...
Concrete stairs - A diamond core drilled hole with the hand rail set into epoxy. The cover plate is held out of the way with tape until the floor is sealed and finished. Note, if this looks odd, it is because the handrail that is on a flat slab has a slope out of vertical to the...
The slab itself is supported by a concrete block foundation whose top you can see just to the right of that first pile of concrete inside the forms. The mason used the concrete delivery on-site mix truck system shown above for his larger pour of the foundation for front entry stairs of ...
If there is too much sulphate of lime or magnesia the cement must be rejected as dangerous to use. In our photo found earlier on this page you can see the shrinkage of even an otherwise-perfect concrete floor slab with no visible cracks in the field of its surface if the floor was pou...
Pour a bag of concrete mix into a wheel barrow and add the amount of water and sand indicated on the package. Mix the concrete up thoroughly. Step 5 Spray the dirt inside the frame with a garden hose until it is completely wet. Pour the concrete into the inside of the frame until it...
How Thick Should a Concrete Patio Be? While the average slab thickness for a patio is 4 inches, you may not want to simply pour a four-inch slab and move on. Why not? The answer is simple: not every patio is built in the same conditions or holds the same amount of weight. ...
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Dongritot, Senior Projects Manager at United Precast Concrete Dubai, has to say about the costs of the precast method versus cast-in-situ in building construction.DEFINE YOUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE How do you plan to be successful in the market? Are you perhaps the only precast factory in the ...