Getting Ready To Pour Concrete

If the mixed concrete looks like the mix in step 9 it s ready to pour.

Getting ready to pour concrete.

Pour the concrete into the mold. After all it s quicker and the runny concrete is easier to pour. Get ready to pour. It s tempting to just squirt water into the dry concrete mix with a hose and mix up a soupy batch of concrete.

Preparation is the most important aspect of pouring a concrete slab. Don t let new concrete get too cold. You ll need several strong helpers because you need to work fast. Concrete is porous so you need to erect a concrete slab where drainage is not an issue.

I have a 6 step process i use when i form my slabs. If the ground is mostly clay an additional 2 inches of depth is needed to hold gravel which will aid in drainage. Properly preparing the subsurface helps to limit the potential for cracks in the finished concrete slab. Good concrete slabs in garages will hold up to all of the weight they need to bear through hot and cold weather and for many long years with little if any evidence.

Subsurface water can cause the ground the flex creating stress cracks in the cement. It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials. Reschedule delivery if it is hot windy or rainy. The best time to pour concrete is when temperatures are expected to remain above 50 degrees for five to seven days but plans can go awry with the arrival of.

Slabs that develop cracks are probably the biggest headache and the folks who pour such slabs are prone to say things like concrete is always going to crack don t believe it. Start by placing concrete in the concrete forms farthest from the truck. It s time to have a truck come to deliver and pour your concrete. Making a concrete surface level is best accomplished if the subsurface is properly prepared beforehand.

The ground should be dug to a depth of 3 to 5 inches with a trench dug on either side. You made it to the final step of this complex process. How to build a concrete wall prep work. While doing this enlist some helpers to spread out the concrete with shovels rakes and come alongs which is a special concrete rake.

In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab. The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that. I teach you how to pour the slab just like we do it for our customers the price of the course is 97 00. You can sometimes get a truck to pour concrete straight into your form.

Otherwise load it into wheelbarrows and tilt them into the form until the high point is reached. Otherwise mix in additional dry mix or water until you get the right consistency. Materials tools and site.