How to build a formwork with your own hands?

It is not so difficult to construct a formwork with your own hands , but you should take this process responsibly, since it depends on the element mentioned, how strong your building will be. It should be noted that the presented construction can be removable and non-removable. The first option is much easier to build. For work you will need wooden boards, stakes and mastic, which is coated with the internal surface of the structure. In this case, the aboveground part of the base will be smooth and beautiful.

Before you build a formwork with your own hands, you must necessarily dig a trench with a given width and depth. The part of the ground on which the structure in question will be installed must be perfectly even and strong. Expose boards need to level. For work you will need a hammer, nails and lumber. However, the stores now sell ready-made metal forms that have a smooth surface and are very easy to install.

To properly build a formwork with your own hands, you should follow the following plan of action:

- we put in the ground wooden blocks, which will serve as supports;

- to them we nail the prepared boards or shields with the help of nails, after which, without fail, we check their verticality by the level;

- from the outer side of the structure we install spacers that will give it rigidity;

- we check the correctness of the geometric shapes and dimensions of the structure.

So, formwork with your own hands is made, you can start pouring concrete. After the base is completely dry, the boards need to be removed.

Now consider the technology of construction of a non-removable structure. Its advantage is that it makes the walls stronger, besides, eliminates the need for additional insulation of the building.

So, most often a fixed formwork with its own hands is built of expanded polystyrene blocks. Each element has grooves, due to which it is attached to the previous one. Naturally, in this case, you need a lot of reinforcement bars. Install the blocks on the finished underground part of the base, covered with a waterproofing film. In it, you need to pre-embed the reinforcement, which later will be put on formwork.

It is not so difficult to construct such a structure as polystyrene formwork. However, pay maximum attention to laying the first layer. The point is that at this stage it is necessary to make practical marking of walls, slopes of windows and doors, openings for communications in accordance with the project. In order for the walls to be strong, it is necessary to make a dressing of the seams.

After 3-4 layers of blocks are already exposed, you can start pouring concrete with simultaneous ramming. The last row of elements should be filled only half, and the grout of the mortar must be inside the formwork. Armature and concrete must be of very high quality. Only in this case the building will be strong and stable.

It should be noted that, in addition to the warming of the walls, the said building allows the living room to "breathe". In addition, for the construction of such a formwork you do not need special equipment, the rental of which, as a rule, is quite expensive. Thus, you will save money and speed up the process of erecting the building.