Working With Concrete (Fro Pros/by Pros Series)

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- Over 1.2 million copies sold in Taunton's For Pros/By Pros series Whether you're pouring a concrete walkway or staking out the excavation for a basement foundation, doing the job right demands a thorough knowledge of concrete construction techniques. In Working with Concrete, veteran builder Rick Arnold explains everything from mix characteristics and formwork options to waterproofing details and repair procedures. You'll benefit from Arnold's years as a general contractor, framer, and foundation contractor as he offers time- and money-saving advice that comes from understanding the subject from all angles. Get the rock-solid results youre after with this comprehensive guide to building with concrete. This book will enable you to: prepare a site for excavation evaluate soil conditions lay out footings and foundation walls use site-made and manufactured forms install proper reinforcement in footings, walls, and flat work estimate and order ready-mix concrete test and evaluate concrete quality before the pour build walkways, patios, steps, and slabs from start to finish Review: Very Good Informative Book! - Well written with lots of important tips and example photos showing the different types/areas of concrete work. As a novice when it comes to concrete work, this book provided me with lots of very important background information for any future concrete work I have done for me. Review: Covers everything! - This is a good book with lots of information for someone getting into improving their residence/farm. I am lucky as to living out in the country where there are no inspectors to get in the way. I was still skeptical as to my abilities to build something safe that will last generations. This book is one step towards letting you understand the technicalities of actually meeting code without having to meet code. Did that sound confusing? What I mean is that this book helps you build up to code standards without being inspected. I'm tired, Goodnight.