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- Subgrades and subbases for concrete slabs: Tips for ensuring good support
- Concrete Slab Finishing Tips
- How to Prevent Cracks
- Guidelines for preventing cracks in concrete slabs
- Be active in deciding where control joints will be placed
- Proper Curing of Concrete Slabs
- Properly curing concrete slabs: Why and how
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- Concrete fasteners
- Concrete forms
- The three types of concrete foundations
- Aggregates in ready-mix concrete
- Vapor barriers for concrete slabs
- Post-tensioned concrete slabs
- Concrete slabjacking
- Concrete testing
The Foundation Construction Process

Listed here is the foundation construction process.
April 27th to May 1st
Ground breaking, excavation
- Grading the lot and getting it tested for compaction
- Digging trenches for footings
- Setting batter boards to level the house
May 4th to 8th

Footings dug, rebar set, inspection, footings poured
- Installing rebar (and using safety caps)
- "Boom pumping" concrete
May 11th to 15th

Polysteel stem wall forms, stems poured, rough-in plumbing
- Installing polystyrene blocks for pouring insulated stemwalls. Cold migrates into the home through the stem walls and slab if the stemwalls are not insulated.
May 18th to 22nd
Radiant heat, inspection, poured slab
- The ground inside forms is prepped for the slab
- Plumbing pipes are run under the ground and stubbed up in their exact locations
- Black plastic is laid on the ground as a radon shield
- Plastic tubing is laid for the radiant heat. The location and density of the tubes correspond with the space it will be heating and the finish flooring to be used.
- The concrete Is "boom pumped" into place
May 25th to May 29th
Clean-up, site grading, block wall
The site is cleaned up and prepared for the framing crew.
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