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Above grade floors don’t typically have an existing concrete slab subfloor, aka a slab, so a cement underlayment will be needed. First, the old flooring will have to be removed and an ...

The concrete slab is often placed on a layer of sand for drainage or to act as a cushion. Houses built on a slab lack crawl spaces, and there is no space under the floor. If you are considering ...

It’s a story we’ve heard so many times over the years: breathless reporting of a new scientific breakthrough that will deliver limitless power, energy storage, or whichever other of humanity ...

This is the oldest method of pre-stressing concrete, and it dates back to the late 1800s. Pre-tensioning is typically used in making beams, floor slabs, balconies, water tanks, and concrete pipes.

A construction company says concrete homes could help solve Canberra's housing crisis. Lucinda is The Canberra Times' ...

LH 187 Office Building / Constantin Brodzki and Marcel Lambrichs. Image © Lucas Reitz Concrete, a material commonly used in the construction industry, is made of a ...

With modern finishing equipment, it has become relatively easy for flatwork finishers to achieve overall floor flatness/levelness numbers of FF35 and FL25 — commonly specified tolerances for ...

A California-based consultant with 52 years of experience in the concrete industry has ... “Residential house slabs usually receive floor coverings, so this application is ideal,” he says.

Holes can appear on concrete floors for a few reasons. Sometimes improper mixing of the concrete leads to a pocket of ...