The steel fits into slots and holes in the concrete form so the concrete flows around it perfectly. These forms are easy to snap together with no tools, and they’re easy to level on compacted soil.

This isn't a typical DIYer's product, but it's just such a smart idea we had to cover it: telescoping and reusable concrete forms for sidewalks and other types of so-called flatwork. Anybody who ...

Floor for outbuilding. A 3- to 4-inch slab will work for the floor of a storage or tool shed, workshop, garden shed, or playhouse. Steps to pouring a concrete slab ...

8. Distribute. Hoe the concrete to distribute it evenly in your form, with a flat top surface. 9. Screed. Level your concrete by dragging a screed board (straight 2 x 4) evenly across it.

That’s right—it’s sort of like a house-shaped water balloon, hollow for now, but co-founder Alex Bell aims to have reinforcing elements like rebar and tension cables pre-installed inside the forms ...

Traditional concrete forms can be aligned using special screw bracing so the walls are perfectly straight. This takes minutes to do with traditional forms, but with ICFs it might take awhile ...

Stanton Williams designs textured concrete forms for UCL’s Marshgate building. ... concrete walls on the lower floors were treated with an abraded finish to reveal the aggregate and its detail.