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Why we pour concrete in 300 mm lifts

Why we pour concrete in 300 mm lifts

Why we pour concrete in 300 mm lifts

The height of a pour decides how a wall will look for a hundred years. Here is how we choose it.

Written by

Ines Kell

Craft

A small number with a big effect

Every concrete wall carries a record of how it was built. The line where one pour meets the next is the most visible mark of all.

We pour in 300 mm lifts because it matches the rhythm of a stair riser and a skirting, so the lines inside line up with the lines outside.

What it costs

Smaller lifts take longer. On House on the Dijk it added eleven days to the frame. We think it was the best eleven days of the project.

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