Concrete Foundation Repairs is a blog about repairs around the foundation of homes. The blog features informative articles and tips for homeowners to help them recognize and avoid common problems that can lead to expensive repairs, as well as how to repair these problems once they occur.

A concrete foundation is also known as reinforced cement concrete (RCC) or ferro-cement. These are most commonly used in construction. It is prepared by mixing cement, sand, gravel and water in specified proportions. After mixing, the mixture is poured into a mould of the desired shape and size. This solidifies into a hard mass which forms the foundation of a building or structure.

Concrete foundations come in three basic types: full basement, slab-on-grade and crawlspace. In most cases, it’s best to go with one of these three types of concrete foundations; however, there may be exceptions that require something different.

The first type of concrete foundation is called a full basement and it’s usually used when building new houses from scratch or repairing existing ones with major structural problems. In these situations it makes sense to build up from the bottom because there won’t be much ground beneath the house anyway and it will save money on materials needed for foundation work later on down the road if

Concrete foundation repairs can be done by anyone with the right knowledge, tools and materials. The most common problems that occur in houses are cracks and sinking foundation. This can be easily solved if the problem is diagnosed at the early stage.

Concrete is used as a construction material from the ancient times. It is the most commonly used material for construction due to its low cost, durability, ease of use and strength.

When concrete is first poured, it is very weak initially, but gradually gains its strength over time. It takes about one month for its strength to increase up to 90 percent of its full capacity and then it takes about 3 years for it to gain full capacity.

So it should not be walked on or handled during the curing period. If this happens, there can be chances of cracks forming in it. Also, there should not be too much stress on the concrete while it is curing, because this will lead to shrinkage cracks that make way for water to seep in which later on cause damage to the house structure.

Concrete foundations in the United States have a long history, dating back to the early 1800s. Concrete foundation types are determined primarily by their use, but also by their location and loads (weight) they must support. The most common concrete foundation types include:

– Slab-on-grade foundations

– T-shaped foundations

– Basement foundations

Concrete, in its broadest sense, can mean any man-made material that is not a liquid or gas. Common concrete is a mixture of cement, sand, gravel and water. Reinforced concrete is a mixture of cement, sand, gravel and water with metal reinforcements.

Concrete that is reinforced by either steel or synthetic fibers is known as reinforced concrete. This type of concrete has superior strength and durability to ordinary poured-in-place concrete. The reinforcing material usually used in residential concrete projects is steel rebar or welded wire mesh.

Many new homes are built on a concrete slab foundation. A slab foundation is a large piece of concrete poured directly onto the ground at the building site. Other foundations are made using masonry block walls filled with poured concrete. Masonry block foundations are often reinforced with steel rebar rods placed vertically in the walls prior to pouring the concrete core fill. Many older homes have concrete foundations made without the use of reinforcing steel rod or mesh.

Be sure to pour the concrete when weather conditions are favourable. It should not be raining or freezing.

I am a concrete contractor, and I have been doing this for a long time. I have fixed many cracks in all types of foundations. Over the years, my company has developed some very good ways to repair all types of foundations that are cracking or leaking.

Concrete is one of the most common materials used for foundation construction. Concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension due to its low tensile strength and brittleness. Therefore, reinforcing steel is provided in concrete to strengthen it against tensile stresses produced due to loads acting on the structure. Reinforced concrete is a combination of steel and concrete that acts together to resist loads acting on the structure both in compression and tension.

The main aim of reinforcement is to provide enough reinforcement so that the tensile stress developed in concrete due to loads acting on structures never reaches the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of concrete, i.e., 0.7fck/2 or fck/3, whichever is higher.

They are the same thing. The term reinforced concrete refers to concrete that is reinforced with steel rebar, fiber mesh, or fibers.

Reinforced Cement Concrete: Reinforced cement concrete (R.C.C) is the combination of three basic ingredients, viz., cement, sand/aggregates and water. The quality of all these ingredients should be as per IS specifications. As per IS 456:2000, M-20 grade concrete is a medium strength concrete with a characteristic strength of 20 N/mm2 at 28 days when tested as per IS standard test procedures.

Concrete is an artificial stone made from mixture of broken stones or gravels, sand, cement and water in such proportions that the resulting concrete is workable and will set and harden into a strong and durable building material.

The cement acts as a binding material while sand and aggregates are used as fine and coarse aggregates respectively. Water is required for the process of hydration (chemical combination) of cement particles with which it forms a paste which binds together the other components of the concrete viz., sand and coarse aggregates into a compact mass.