It has been nearly 12 hours since the concrete was poured on the Punta Gorda, Florida, storm-ready house. The crew from Solid Wall Systems is on site to strip the forms, scrape them, and reoil ...

The ingenuity of the DIY community never fails. For a cylindrical column, you can take the surprisingly unsurprising step of making your concrete form out of a concrete form ... Another option is ...

Bob is joined by Jim Crain who will take him through the process of pouring cement walls ... Forms. Precise Forms partners with Mercedes Builders to create high quality, reinforced concrete ...

If you'd like a more private outdoor space for your rental, building a privacy wall may seem like overkill, but this simple ...

Not only are concrete walls boring to look at, but they’re also difficult to decorate — especially with all the rules that come with living in a dorm. At most schools, you’re not allowed to put holes ...

Aluminum forms customized to a certain niche in the concrete market are also available. Charles Engelken, president of Wall Ties & Forms, says the ability to easily shape aluminum has allowed his ...

In 1913, a Pittsburgh brick mason named Francis Straub perfected a method of combining those cinders with cement to form ...

There are two basic types: reinforced and non-reinforced. Reinforced concrete retaining walls contain rebar, thin wire truss, or some other form of reinforcing steel. The strength of the poured ...

In the 1990s, he invented a concrete wall system called E-Max—an insulated wall system which fits inside aluminum wall forms. E-Max is now sold by Western Forms. “I grew up in the poured wall ...

Throughout her career, she has taken on the trials and errors of many landscaping, gardening, and other DIY home improvement ... on the outside of a concrete retaining wall for extra stability ...

Wall coatings include wall paints, wall sealers, and wall primers; wall paint adhesion promoters; concrete wall coatings ... Waterproof wall paints are wall sealers that form a vapor barrier on ...

Milwaukee's M18 FUEL Duplex Nailer brings the same power and portability from the world of framing carpentry to formwork concrete construction ... is a true return to form, delivering excellent ...