You can sometimes get a truck to pour concrete straight into your form.
How to pour a concrete floor in an existing room.
Otherwise load it into wheelbarrows and tilt them into the form until the high point is reached.
While doing this enlist some helpers to spread out the concrete with shovels rakes and come alongs which is a special concrete rake.
Adding a bathroom in a basement when adding a bathroom in a basement the main concern is how to get the wastewater into the existing plumbing system.
Here s everything you need to know about laying polished concrete floors over an existing concrete slab.
Your polished concrete floors will only be as strong as the surface beneath it the key thing to consider when pouring a new concrete slab over an existing slab is that the quality of the new slab will only be as good as the slab underneath it.
Making a pour inside an existing foundation or walls is easier in some ways because you don t have to create the form except to block off doorways.
In this video we show how we prepared it and laid it.
An unused basement is an existing addition.
Remember to apply concrete primer first to the area where you pour the self leveling concrete.
But it s equally important to insulate the floor.
Pouring an inside floor.
Why spend the money to finish a room if it does not improve comfort and quality.
Disadvantages of pouring new concrete over existing concrete.
Of course the finished look is important carpet tile laminate or wood.
Insulating the basement floor adds comfort and additional challenges that need to be address.
In other instances it s a bit harder because you may have to drag the materials further during the screeding process say from the back of the building to the openings.
Part 3 of the build the concrete slab.