Durable, attractive, long-lasting and easy to keep clean these are the advantages of a concrete patio. Unlike paving bricks or patio slabs, a poured concrete patio greatly reduces gaps and cracks ...

A small concrete slab doesn’t cost much to DIY, and the process is straightforward. However, grading the soil, assembling concrete forms, and mixing and pouring concrete require a bit of planning.

Thus ACI 318-11 Chapter 4 can be used to determine when and how much calcium chloride can be added to a concrete slab-on-grade. For prestressed concrete or concrete containing embedded aluminum ...

However, hot weather concreting places several risks to the strength and durability of your mass concrete pour if adequate measures and calculated precautions are not taken to cool your concrete ...