Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:18 pm
I HAVE REPOSTED THIS FROM SITE WORKS SECTION
Hi Tony,
I currently have a large area of old untidy concrete around my house. I've just had the front of the house dug up & I'd like to redo it by stamped concrete. My main concern is over jointing the concrete in bays/panels. I've laid plain concrete a fair bit, but have never used anything other than concrete-concrete or expansion joints before, but now I'm a bit older & wiser I want to do it right first time. I'll be doing the work myself, only with help of friend(s), so don't want to try too large an area first, especially as I've never stamped before.
The dimensions of the plot are 12m along front of house x 6m to the lawn/small wall ( narrowing to 5m, as house has bay window).I'm Ok with subbase, fall (1 in 60 away from house & same to road) & plan to use 4'' thick concrete, as per PIC spec. The area will have cars (2) parked on it. I have digital photos of the area, but can't attatch !
My questions are along the lines of:
How big do I make the panels & how do I lay them out ?
How do I join the panels (type of joints), especially if I do more than 1 at any one time ? (ie do I need formwork left in place and sealed over ?).
Can these joints be done with keyways or are dowels needed ?
How far apart do crack control joints need to be & which way do they run?
Plus any other advice you may have
Also, for PIC concrete , is it OK to have the colour in the mix & just apply an antiquing/release agent before stamping ?
Much appreciated
Mark
Hi Tony,
I currently have a large area of old untidy concrete around my house. I've just had the front of the house dug up & I'd like to redo it by stamped concrete. My main concern is over jointing the concrete in bays/panels. I've laid plain concrete a fair bit, but have never used anything other than concrete-concrete or expansion joints before, but now I'm a bit older & wiser I want to do it right first time. I'll be doing the work myself, only with help of friend(s), so don't want to try too large an area first, especially as I've never stamped before.
The dimensions of the plot are 12m along front of house x 6m to the lawn/small wall ( narrowing to 5m, as house has bay window).I'm Ok with subbase, fall (1 in 60 away from house & same to road) & plan to use 4'' thick concrete, as per PIC spec. The area will have cars (2) parked on it. I have digital photos of the area, but can't attatch !
My questions are along the lines of:
How big do I make the panels & how do I lay them out ?
How do I join the panels (type of joints), especially if I do more than 1 at any one time ? (ie do I need formwork left in place and sealed over ?).
Can these joints be done with keyways or are dowels needed ?
How far apart do crack control joints need to be & which way do they run?
Plus any other advice you may have
Also, for PIC concrete , is it OK to have the colour in the mix & just apply an antiquing/release agent before stamping ?
Much appreciated
Mark
