Concrete SLAB - Full Process

We started filming from the first day on site! This video shows a front yard transforming into a solid concrete slab foundation in full. See the timelapse from start to finish as well as lots of concrete pouring action. Subscribe for more!

[@pauljames3306]

Why am I watching? I'm a QS student at WelTec and this helps me wrap my head around the sequencing for a slab foundation!

[@nzbuilder]

Nice, thanks for letting me know :)

[@dewynoodle]

Awesomeness. So cool to see the process!

[@nzbuilder]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@vineelraj9743]

Great video. I am watching to find out why the styrofoam is used and how it helps witg equakes. Been searching all over youtube to learn about it but ciuldnt find any info. Your advise is always appreciated Thanks Josh.

[@nzbuilder]

Look up Rib Raft Slab :)

[@vineelraj9743]

@@nzbuilder thank u

[@deficator750]

so many houses getting subdivided

[@garethtidswell9622]

Hi did you get the bracing made or buy. For the foundation boxing.

[@bunning63]

Wondered the same, pretty flash.

[@nzbuilder]

Hey I got It made by a local metal work factory

[@bunning63]

Ha, knew an old builder and he refused to use ready-made frames. Hardcore always did his own. Even had a Mckenzie saw, none of those flash dropsaws. How many remember those old saws? First time I used it I was like!

[@nzbuilder]

I made our own frames a few times in my apprenticeship, its a cool process, but the guys in the factory can definitely knock them together way faster

[@snapsconstruction6039]

Awesome mate . Do you reuse the boxing ? How long does it usually last you? Cheers

[@nzbuilder]

Hey yes - so far our boxing has done approx 10 slabs, we spray it will form oil every time

[@benhainsworth1247]

Good ground 200mm down?! What a dream

[@nzbuilder]

Can't get much more straight forward than that :)

[@jja9705]

I like raised timber ones cause you can access all the services without kangoing up concrete

[@nzbuilder]

Yeah thats always a bonus

[@Sgten01]

Ill watch your videos regardless, but i really hate slabs for a number of reasons. As you said it's a cheaper way of doing it. My main problem is that afterwards all the plumbing goes into the roof space which seems crazy. Our house is about 60 years old and we had a few pipes burst under the house, being on timber subfloor it wasn't a big deal. Can't imagine how bad it would have been if we had plumbing in the ceiling lol.

[@blairpattinson4048]

It doesn’t go into the ceiling, it goes under the slab

[@Sgten01]

@@blairpattinson4048 every job i been on pipes go into the ceiling. Im talking about water feed pipes not drains.

[@nzbuilder]

was it the old Dux Quest piping?

[@kowinzhang]

this is a weatherboard cladding, not brick veneer, right? Good video!

[@nzbuilder]

Yes most of the homes I build are weatherboard, I do have a brick one coming up on the site we just demolished a home

[@kowinzhang]

@@nzbuilder the slab is flat at edges so I think it is a weatherboard cladded house. There will be steps on edge beams for brick veneer house, right?

[@theodoreetuata3597]

doesn't the rib raft help with making concrete slabs cheaper by reducing concreting volume ..

[@nzbuilder]

Great Question! I just added up a recent slab for comparison and the Ribraft would actually use just slightly more than a 3604 slab, but only by 0.07 of a cube. In theory at least. This is Because of the volume of concrete between all the ribs, adds up, But it would really depend on a number of things - how thick your top layer is, we like to go thicker than minimum - number of thickenings in the slab - if you were doing 3604 the depth you had to make footings - and how good the footings edges were In saying all that RIbRaft is definetly way faster to put together and makes site works a breeze,

[@gderf1]

What's all the white boxes

[@nzbuilder]

Polystrene Pods so that you use less concrete

[@christinawarbrooke213]

Building your own frames, i want to see that,

[@nzbuilder]

We'll include it soon :)

[@whatwouldbenice]

....why am I watching a concrete slab video? Hmmm...🤔

[@nzbuilder]

haha random question I know :)