How to Pour a Concrete Slab: The Basics The bulk of the work for a new slab is in the excavation and form building. If you have to level a sloped site or bring in a lot of fill, hire an excavator ...

Garage. Similar to parking, concrete garage flooring needs to be thick and strong enough to take the weight of one or more vehicles. Patio or pool deck. Here, pouring a concrete slab 4 inches in ...

These two men are checking the diagonal measurement for the forms for a concrete slab. They want to make sure it’s square. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter Recently, a 75-year-old man ...

Applying control-joint filler demands balancing hardness to transfer loads, flexibility to move with the slabs and application timing to minimize tearing. A control joint (or contraction joint) is ...

Discover essential tips and advice from expert columnists on vertical concrete placement for a successful forming project including safety precautions, how to properly define consolidation issues ...

The concrete blocks can be spaced at 4-foot intervals around the interior foundation walls. The slab will rest on these and provide solid support down to the footer.