Pour footings and wall.
Pour concrete against wall.
The hollow block wall is depending solely on the strength of the thin mortar bed between each concrete block.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect.
The addition of reinforcing steel to either wall system complicates the issue.
In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab.
2of4 in this video ninja screeds the extension to the driveway all in real time.
Concrete should never be poured up against steel siding and or trim.
Some contractors will put expansion joint material against the brick because the concrete will crack away from the brick.
I would advise locating a vinyl siding company and getting them to break some scraps that they ve laying around about an inch much higher than the concrete will be poured and as far out from the house as the scraps will go.
The best thing to do and it s the code in va is to put aluminum coil in between the wood and the concrete.
The expansion joint material ejm will eventually deteriorate and leave you a bigger gap then what the concrete settling away from the brick will.
If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
The poured concrete wall has more mass or interlocking cement paste crystals to resist the cracking force.
See below for more information on contraction joints.