I wonder if you re thinking of the different between cast in place and pre cast concrete.
How to make a board formed concrete wall.
Board form concrete walls mix well with glass and metal in modern house designs such as this project risinger built with alterstudio architecture of austin texas.
To make the wall as strong as possible pour the concrete in layers no higher than 20 inches working from 1 end of the wall to the.
Then pour your concrete inside the form using a chute or hose attached to the mixer.
Board formed concrete is the name for a process of patterning concrete that leaves a wood grain image on the finished face of the concrete.
Constructed correctly a form for a homemade wall will not only retain the concrete but it can be reused to form other walls you may be planning on.
If the form is constructed incorrectly the concrete can blow out the form breaking it apart and creating an enormous mess while wasting much of your money.
It is a method of construction that is being used more frequently these days because concrete is extremely well suited as a finished material in modern design and by imprinting the wood grain on the.
Pre cast is typically a piece of concrete that s formed in a factory.
See how the builder and concrete guys are pulling off thi.
On the build show today i m visiting a project being built with curved board formed concrete walls.