If the form is constructed incorrectly the concrete can blow out the form breaking it apart and creating an enormous mess while wasting much of your money.
How to build a board form concrete wall.
To form a concrete wall first set up plywood boards on either side of your concrete footer and attach them together with wire.
To make the wall as strong as possible pour the concrete in layers no higher than 20 inches working from 1 end of the wall to the.
Then pour your concrete inside the form using a chute or hose attached to the mixer.
Constructed correctly a form for a homemade wall will not only retain the concrete but it can be reused to form other walls you may be planning on.
Board form concrete walls mix well with glass and metal in modern house designs such as this project risinger built with alterstudio architecture of austin texas.
Architects drool over it and clients love it but frankly board form concrete can be a little daunting for a concrete sub or a builder.
To be clear building board form walls is seriously labor intensive.
Drag a straight 2x4 screed board across the top of the concrete forms to level the concrete.
I haven t asked quite so bluntly but reading body language i think the concrete team has more than a little bit of project fatigue and are ready for the next big pour.
Board formed concrete is the name for a process of patterning concrete that leaves a wood grain image on the finished face of the concrete.
It is a method of construction that is being used more frequently these days because concrete is extremely well suited as a finished material in modern design and by imprinting the wood grain on the.
Have a helper add or remove concrete in front of the screed as you pull it.
Make multiple passes if needed to create a flat evenly filled area.