Learning to pour concrete may save money and build your skills, but without proper equipment and attention to detail, the results can look far from professional. Concrete—generally a combination of ...

Are you looking for a patio to provide extra space in your backyard for entertaining or just hanging out? You can make one from wood, or you can simply clear out an area and cover it with gravel. If ...

Join me as we pour the concrete driveway at RRHQ 2.0. This video walks through essential prep work, including underground plumbing for gutter runoff and grading, followed by the full concrete pour.

Concrete is one of the most user-friendly building materials around. It’s durable and inexpensive, yet can be made amazingly attractive with today’s new concrete finishes. Learn how to pour a concrete ...

A previous column about concrete discussed grading, forms and form oil, and preparing the soil. This column describes other important steps that contribute to a successful concrete pour: --|Steel: ...

Many farmers do their own concrete work. Here are tips from pros to improve the quality of the finished slab: Fiber-strand reinforcing, which means fiberglass or other fibers are mixed with the ...

Concrete alone isn't much stronger than plain old dirt. Pour a slab of concrete over a bed of adobe soil and the adobe will soon crack the concrete to bits unless the concrete has gobs of steel ...