April Wilkerson explains how to frame and pour a concrete slab yourself, giving you a solid foundation for your projects. The White House Bulldozes the Rose Garden Warriors' Brandin Podziemski ...

Pros and Cons of Buying a House on a Concrete Slab Mark Cussen, CMFC, has 13+ years of experience as a writer and provides financial education to military service members and the public. Mark is ...

A new Belgian house, Govaert-Vanhoutte Architecten’s Residence SAB, brings refined modernist design into a sylvan setting, ...

A concrete slab is composed of wet cement mixed with additional materials (usually gravel). This mix is poured onto a gravel bed bordered by a wooden frame, the latter typically made from standard ...

The two houses came in too close to call in their wall ‘U’ values at 0.12 w/m²k for the block built and 0.11 w/m²k in timber frame, with block finish, Cyril’s personal winner overall.

The cost to perform slab jacking or concrete leveling is typically less than half of what it costs to replace a new slab of concrete. It typically costs anywhere from $3 to $20 per square foot .

Without the support of the frame, the heavy concrete settles, causing more cracks. More water penetrates and causes more rot. Eventually, the porch needs to be replaced.

Katsuya Fukushima and Hiroko Tominaga of FT Architects have completed a residence called Column and Slab in Tokyo, Japan. The three-storey building is situated on a narrow 5 x 14 metre site. Eight ...

Architecture studio SDA has completed the Floating House, a concrete-framed home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding.