How to Install Concrete Formwork
- 1). Measure out the length and the width of your concrete slab area.
- 2). Cut a 2-inch by 12-inch board that is equal to the length of one side of your intended concrete area.
- 3). Pound two 2-inch by 4-inch stakes into the ground in the corner of the intended slab area. Nail the 2-by-12 to the two stakes.
- 4). Set up a builder's level and use it to level the 2-by-12.
- 5). Place 2-by-4 stakes every 2 feet along the board to brace the 2-by-12.
- 6). Cut a second 2-by-12 to the width of the concrete slab. Nail one end to the other 2-by-12 end. Calculate the diagonal for 90 degrees and run a measuring tape from one end of both 2-by-12s to make sure the form is straight.
- 7). Add the other two sides of the formwork in the same manner.
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