PeterW Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 You can pour from the front of the whole site - pick any set of points along the front and keep pouring. Get a flowing concrete NOT one just with a lot of slump in it ..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Is it normally a lot more expensive for flowing concrete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzhou11 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 @Vijay I'm in a similar situation. I'll need to put L bars in the foundation to essentially link with the ICF wall concrete. How did you do it in the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 5 hours ago, dzhou11 said: @Vijay I'm in a similar situation. I'll need to put L bars in the foundation to essentially link with the ICF wall concrete. How did you do it in the end? Hmmmmm from memory I had to do some thing similar. My L bars were tied to the frame so poked up through the slab . Then my stepoc ( like icf ) went over it . I then tied all the steel up through each layer . 1 pour with pump on long arm and it was done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Looking at the drawing ( unless I’m missing something) why not some mesh in the trench ? . Stronger and something for the L bars to tie too. This is what I had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Best to have it all prepared before the pour ! . No adding afterwards !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 My ICF supplier (Polarwall) ended up speaking to the SE where they then said they went overboard with the rebar and IIRC, 400mm straight bar was fine. Made life easier getting them in, but my mate who was installing them did comment that it was getting harder as the concrete went off - quick whack with a club hammer got them in fine though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, fjallravn said: [...]there's a cheap and fast method called rebar coupling systems.[...] Wish I'd known about that system; I seem to be thinking that quite often, recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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