After all it s quicker and the runny concrete is easier to pour.
Should concrete walls be poured with runny ir thick concrete.
Concrete installation is not nearly as straightforward as it seems.
Concrete slab on ground floors.
A mixture of sand cement water and sometimes lime cement slurry can be used for residential construction as well as commercial projects to create foundations pour slabs and driveways and more.
I am looking to build a home with 12 inch logs.
Pour footings and wall.
I m working on designing a new house and trying to determine how thick the basement slab should be.
This home will have poured basement walls over the footings so the basement slab isn t bearing the weight of the house walls.
Most sand mixes say they re ok up to 2 thick for putting on over existing concrete.
Finish the surface of the wall as desired.
Most concrete mix bags say they re for 2 thick or more.
If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
See below for more information on contraction joints remove forms and install waterproofing and drainage system.
It s tempting to just squirt water into the dry concrete mix with a hose and mix up a soupy batch of concrete.
The reinforcing steel should be one half inch in diameter and these rods should be connected to the poured concrete footer that the foundation rests upon.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
Allow concrete to cure.
In order for a concrete room to effectively resist high winds and flying debris most rooms built with precast concrete walls rely on 12 to 16 inch thick blocks.
To keep the house and the room from being sucked into the air during a tornado large footings that work like anchors are added to the walls to hold the room in place.
The wall is not load bearing for the house but it does have to hold up the stairs.
The trough left by the removed 2x4 bottom plates varies from 1 2 to 1 3 4 thick.
The trouble is soupy concrete is only about half as strong as a proper mix and is more likely to crack.
The international residential code irc 2012 which applies in my area states that.
Available from diy stores and ready mix concrete companies these contain soluble emulsions that form a protective film when sprayed directly onto the surface of newly poured concrete slabs or walls.
I first thought i could get away with only 8 inch foundation walls but my architect says i should use 10 inch thick.
There is a wealth of preparation that occurs before a single drop of concrete is ever poured onto the site.
I don t want to double guess him but has anyone built with 12 inch logs on 8 inch foundation walls.