Pour the retaining wall.
Pouring concrete inside brick wall.
The hollow block wall is depending solely on the strength of the thin mortar bed between each concrete block.
The addition of reinforcing steel to either wall system complicates the issue.
You will pour the concrete into the holes either the pre existing ones or the ones you drilled.
Project step by step 16 prepare the site.
If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
Nail the board to your concrete footing.
Lay a 2 by 4 board flat on its wide side on the concrete so the edge of the board is 3 4 of an inch away from your string to the outside of the wall.
Set and level one side.
Nail a 2 by 4 to the concrete footing.
You do not want the board to be inside the wall area.
2 pour an interior.
We used brick blocks for the interior and exterior walls.
The poured concrete wall has more mass or interlocking cement paste crystals to resist the cracking force.
Roll the wheelbarrow of cement over to your wooden forms and pour the cement into the footing and form area.
The homeowner inserts a chute through an old window or other wall opening and pours sand into the basement spreading it and tamping it with a plate compactor every few inches.
See below for more information on contraction joints remove forms and install waterproofing and drainage system.
Typically a wheelbarrow or even a five gallon bucket or will suffice for a mixing container.
Allow concrete to cure.
Once you have mixed the cement in the cement mixer dump it into the wheelbarrow.
We used 8 tons of rebars for this house and close to 100 cubic meters of concrete for the whole constructions.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
Follow the instructions on the bag of cement and mix accordingly.
Stake and brace the side form.
Then you are ready to begin.
However if you are using the concrete to attempt to fix cracks you will need to add rebar to the other side of the crack in order to tie it all together.
Use your concrete mixer until the material has been properly stirred.
How to frame an inside wall against a concrete wall.
Masonry walls like concrete tend to be damp dreary and unpleasant.
Concrete walls may have a purpose but beauty and warmth aren t it.
Cut a 2x12 to length or splice it with a cleat for one side of the concrete forms and nail it.
When a foundation is poured its footing a wide flat base made from concrete and reinforced steel designed to support the walls is poured first and then the walls are poured on top after.