Sat., June 12, 2021 This thin coating of cement stucco on a poured concrete wall has fallen off. Two simple techniques would have prevented it from happening. (Tribune Content Agency) X Email Reddit ...

This thin coating of cement stucco on a poured concrete wall has fallen off. Two simple techniques would have prevented it from happening. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter My wife and I ...

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential-construction industry here in the USA. I've built buildings using both materials.

Q. I think I have efflorescence on the concrete walls of my basement. My house is 90 years old with a poured-concrete foundation. The surface is blistering and peeling, and I see small white ...

A. Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential construction industry here in the USA. I’ve built buildings using both materials.

If you have a poured concrete patio, you may wonder how often you should refinish it. The answer depends on many factors, including how it was installed.

Poured concrete for residences, however, has been an outlier. Perhaps the first non-industrial concrete structure in the United States was of Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill., designed by Frank ...