Formwork Carpentry
Formwork is the mould your structure inherits. Ours is set out from the drawings, braced for the pour it is actually taking, and stripped without tearing up the face you have to live with.
Braced for the pour it is actually taking
Formwork fails in one of two directions. Either it moves during the pour, or it will not come off cleanly afterwards. Both are decided before any concrete turns up, in the bracing, the ties, the joint sealing and the release agent.
We size falsework and bracing to the real pour rate and head of concrete rather than to habit, because a blowout costs a great deal more than the day it takes to brace properly. That covers edge and slab formwork, wall and column forms, stair and landing forms, and the set-downs and penetrations that tend to get missed until the plumber arrives. Set-out gets checked against the drawings and against the actual site datum, not against whatever was built last.
Stripping is part of the job
A crew that pours and disappears leaves the builder with formwork to strip, stack and cart away, plus a slab edge chipped in the process. We strip when the concrete has the strength to take it, clean and stack the material for reuse, and clear the area so the following trade can get in.
It sounds like housekeeping. On a tight programme it is worth a day, sometimes two.
What's included
- Slab, edge and set-down formwork
- Wall, column and blade forms
- Stairs, landings and infill
- Penetrations, box-outs and rebates
- Falsework and bracing sized to the pour
- Stripping, cleaning and stacking included
Written price with the scope stated.
Formwork Carpentry: your questions
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Send drawings, photos or just a description. Straightforward jobs get priced from what you send. Anything structural gets looked at first. You get a written quote with the scope stated either way.