Austin Concrete Slabs
Slabs, Pads & Footings, TX

Photo Credits

The photos on this site are stock and openly licensed images, not jobs done through this site. Each one is listed below with its author, where it came from and its license. Images under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) or Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) licenses were converted to WebP and resized; the ShareAlike terms apply to those images only, not to the rest of the page.

The three labeled drawings (files starting with diagram-) were drawn for this site. Their numbers come from the residential code as adopted in Austin (sections R506, R401.3), NRMCA joint guidance (CIP 6), HomeBlue's Austin slab guide, Bullfrog Spas and MBMI. They are not to scale and are not a design for any property.

Photos name a place only when the source confirms where they were taken (Fort Worth, The Colony and Mansfield, Texas, and downtown Austin). Back to the homepage.

  • A crew spreading concrete from a mixer truck for a driveway in Fort Worth, Texas

    A crew spreading concrete from a mixer truck for a driveway in Fort Worth, Texas

    By Pexels contributor, via Pexels. License: Pexels License.

  • A worker running a vibrating power screed across a freshly poured slab

    A worker running a vibrating power screed across a freshly poured slab

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  • Hands striking off fresh concrete over wire mesh inside a form on red clay soil

    Hands striking off fresh concrete over wire mesh inside a form on red clay soil

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  • A worker leveling wet concrete between wood forms with a screed board

    A worker leveling wet concrete between wood forms with a screed board

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  • Workers on a tied rebar grid with a concrete pump hose before a large slab pour

    Workers on a tied rebar grid with a concrete pump hose before a large slab pour

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  • Plumbing stub-outs rising from a finished concrete slab foundation

    Plumbing stub-outs rising from a finished concrete slab foundation

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  • A worker finishing a large slab with a ride-behind power trowel near a pump boom

    A worker finishing a large slab with a ride-behind power trowel near a pump boom

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  • Steel frame of a metal building going up against a pale sky

    Steel frame of a metal building going up against a pale sky

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  • Inside an empty metal shop building with a smooth concrete floor

    Inside an empty metal shop building with a smooth concrete floor

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  • Metal building interior with workbenches on a concrete slab floor

    Metal building interior with workbenches on a concrete slab floor

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  • House framing standing on a concrete slab foundation in The Colony, Texas

    House framing standing on a concrete slab foundation in The Colony, Texas

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  • Wood framing of a new house on a slab in Fort Worth, Texas

    Wood framing of a new house on a slab in Fort Worth, Texas

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  • Crews forming slab foundations on lots in a new housing development

    Crews forming slab foundations on lots in a new housing development

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  • Workers digging a foundation footing trench by hand

    Workers digging a foundation footing trench by hand

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  • A round hot tub set on a concrete patio beside a covered outdoor kitchen

    A round hot tub set on a concrete patio beside a covered outdoor kitchen

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  • A pickup truck parked on grass under a metal carport

    A pickup truck parked on grass under a metal carport

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  • A car parked under a carport attached to a house

    A car parked under a carport attached to a house

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  • A gray storage shed sitting on the ground under trees in a backyard

    A gray storage shed sitting on the ground under trees in a backyard

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  • A row of storage sheds on a gravel base

    A row of storage sheds on a gravel base

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  • A small camper trailer parked on the grass in a suburban yard

    A small camper trailer parked on the grass in a suburban yard

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  • A fishing boat on its trailer parked in front of a house

    A fishing boat on its trailer parked in front of a house

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  • A plain concrete patio with a wooden bench beside a garden

    A plain concrete patio with a wooden bench beside a garden

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  • An excavator grading a Texas backyard for a new patio

    An excavator grading a Texas backyard for a new patio

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  • A long concrete driveway leading to a detached two-door garage

    A long concrete driveway leading to a detached two-door garage

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  • A curved concrete driveway in front of a two-car garage

    A curved concrete driveway in front of a two-car garage

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  • A brick home with a concrete driveway in Mansfield, Texas

    A brick home with a concrete driveway in Mansfield, Texas

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  • Aerial view of downtown Austin, Texas and Lady Bird Lake

    Aerial view of downtown Austin, Texas and Lady Bird Lake

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  • Aerial view of Austin, Texas with the Colorado River and parkland

    Aerial view of Austin, Texas with the Colorado River and parkland

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  • Dry clay soil split into deep shrinkage cracks

    Dry clay soil split into deep shrinkage cracks

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  • U.S. Air National Guard civil engineers striking off a concrete pad with a screed board

    U.S. Air National Guard civil engineers striking off a concrete pad with a screed board

    By U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Phyel Richardson, via Wikimedia Commons. License: Public domain.

  • Wood forms set for a concrete pad while a skid steer spreads base

    Wood forms set for a concrete pad while a skid steer spreads base

    By U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor War, via Wikimedia Commons. License: Public domain.

  • A Marine smoothing a fresh slab with a bull float

    A Marine smoothing a fresh slab with a bull float

    By Unknown, via Wikimedia Commons. License: Public domain.

  • Freshly poured concrete in a footing trench for a house extension

    Freshly poured concrete in a footing trench for a house extension

    By Kolforn (Kolforn) I'd appreciate if you could mail me (Kolfo, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • Post-tensioning tendon ends sticking out of the edge of a concrete slab

    Post-tensioning tendon ends sticking out of the edge of a concrete slab

    By Shakespeare (talk), via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0.

  • A crawl space under a house seen through the access panel, with pipes and bare soil

    A crawl space under a house seen through the access panel, with pipes and bare soil

    By TradeCrawlspaces, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • Limestone bluff typical of the Edwards Plateau, Texas Hill Country

    Limestone bluff typical of the Edwards Plateau, Texas Hill Country

    By William L. Farr, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • A dark metal barndominium with garage doors opening onto a concrete apron

    A dark metal barndominium with garage doors opening onto a concrete apron

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  • A red metal barndominium with an open shop bay on a gravel lot

    A red metal barndominium with an open shop bay on a gravel lot

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