How To Make A Board Formed Concrete Wall

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.

How to make a board formed concrete wall.

On the build show today i m visiting a project being built with curved board formed concrete walls. Architects drool over it and clients love it but frankly board form concrete can be a little daunting for a concrete sub or a builder. 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.

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. 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. What made our project somewhat unique is that our walls were board formed meaning we used cedar boards instead of smooth plywood which lends a pretty distinct look and texture. Pre cast is typically a piece of concrete that s formed in a factory.

To form a concrete wall first set up plywood boards on either side of your concrete footer and attach them together with wire. I wonder if you re thinking of the different between cast in place and pre cast concrete.