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Battering, Boxes and Sheet Piling
I remember standing on the edge of a narrow cut in a clay-heavy site back…
Author: Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak
Concrete does not fail because of the concrete. It fails because the ground underneath was wrong, the weather was wrong, or somebody added water on site to make life easier. I write about the sub-base, the curing and the joints — the three things nobody photographs and everybody skips. Forty-three years of pours taught me that the pour itself is the easy part and the hour before it decides everything.
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Cutting Slabs Without Silica Dust
I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey back in ’98, watching a lad try…
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Never Drop Concrete More Than a Metre
I’ve spent forty-three years watching men sweat over a mixer, thinking they’re doing a grand…
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F2 S2 and What the Letters Mean
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’98, watching a lad…
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Choosing a Frost Resistant Brick
I remember standing on a job site in ’94, watching a lad try to patch…
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Air Bubbles That Stop Frost Damage
I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad…
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A Trench Collapse Gives No Warning
I remember standing on the edge of a trench in ’94, watching a young lad…
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The Complete Guide to Damp in Buildings
I’ve spent forty-three years watching “specialists” walk into houses with fancy moisture meters and expensive…
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Five Blobs of Mortar and a Cracked Slab
I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey back in ’98, watching a lad try…
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White Bloom on New Brickwork
I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey back in ’98, looking at a client…