Getting Ready To Pour Concrete

After all it s quicker and the runny concrete is easier to pour.

Getting ready to pour concrete.

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. It s time to have a truck come to deliver and pour your concrete. Concrete is porous so you need to erect a concrete slab where drainage is not an issue. 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.

If the ground is mostly clay an additional 2 inches of depth is needed to hold gravel which will aid in drainage. You ll need several strong helpers because you need to work fast. The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that. Reschedule delivery if it is hot windy or rainy.

Preparation is the most important aspect of pouring a concrete slab. Get ready to pour. Subsurface water can cause the ground the flex creating stress cracks in the cement. You made it to the final step of this complex process.

Otherwise mix in additional dry mix or water until you get the right consistency. If the mixed concrete looks like the mix in step 9 it s ready to pour. I have a 6 step process i use when i form my slabs. You can sometimes get a truck to pour concrete straight into your form.

It s tempting to just squirt water into the dry concrete mix with a hose and mix up a soupy batch of concrete. Properly preparing the subsurface helps to limit the potential for cracks in the finished concrete slab. The ground should be dug to a depth of 3 to 5 inches with a trench dug on either side. Pour the concrete into the mold.

We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect. Making a concrete surface level is best accomplished if the subsurface is properly prepared beforehand. While doing this enlist some helpers to spread out the concrete with shovels rakes and come alongs which is a special concrete rake. It will walk you through pouring the concrete slab.

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. I teach you how to pour the slab just like we do it for our customers the price of the course is 97 00. Don t let new concrete get too cold. How to build a concrete wall prep work.

The concrete slab course will teach you all you need to know about forming the concrete slab and getting it ready for the pour. Materials tools and site. Start by placing concrete in the concrete forms farthest from the truck.