Uniform texture for cast in place walls
AssigneeLithocrete, Inc.
InventorsRonald D. Shaw, Lee A. Shaw
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Abstract
A method of forming a concrete wall having a substantially uniform exterior surface texture. The method includes the initial step of pouring concrete into a wall form. The concrete is poured from a first mixture and is allowed to cure. After the concrete is cured, the wall form is removed from the resultant concrete base structure. A roughened texture is then created on the base structure. A finishing mixture is then applied to the roughened texture. The finishing mixture may be created by separating the aggregate from a portion of the remaining first mixture. The finishing mixture creates a smooth texture on the exterior surfaces of the initially formed base structure.
Claims20
A method of forming a concrete structure comprising the steps of:
- (a) pouring a first concrete mixture into a wall form, wherein the first concrete mixture includes large aggregate;
- (b) curing the first concrete mixture to form a concrete base structure;
- (c) removing the wall form from the base structure;
- (d) creating a roughened exterior surface on the base structure;
- (e) creating a finishing mixture by separating the large aggregate from a portion of the first concrete mixture;
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- (f) applying the finishing mixture to the roughened exterior surface of the base structure.
A method of forming a concrete structure comprising the steps of:
- (a) pouring a first concrete mixture into a wall form, wherein the first concrete mixture contains large aggregate;
- (b) curing the first concrete mixture to form a concrete base structure;
- (c) removing the wall form from the base structure;
- (d) creating a roughened surface on the base structure;
- (e) creating a finishing mixture by separating large aggregate from a second mixture of concrete;
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- (f) applying the finishing mixture to the roughened exterior surface of the base structure.
A method of forming a concrete structure having a substantially uniform exterior surface texture, comprising the steps of:
- (a) curing a first mixture of concrete including large aggregate to form a concrete base structure;
- (b) creating a finishing mixture by separating the large aggregate from a portion of the first concrete mixture;
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- (c) applying the finishing mixture to the base structure.
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