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How to make a board formed concrete wall.
On the build show today i m visiting a project being built with curved board formed concrete walls.
To form a concrete wall first set up plywood boards on either side of your concrete footer and attach them together with wire.
I wonder if you re thinking of the different between cast in place and pre cast concrete.
Pre cast is typically a piece of concrete that s formed in a factory.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.