How to Pour Concrete in Winter Under a Heated Tent
Cold weather doesn't have to shut down your concrete work. With a heated temporary tent over the pour, your crew keeps working, the concrete gets the warm, protected space it needs to cure, and your schedule stays on track all winter. In the video below, we walk through how we set it up.
Heat that keeps working
Our propane heaters sit outside the tent. They blow fresh, warm air in through a duct under the sidewall, and a thermostat inside holds the temperature you need. Because the heaters stay outside, your work area stays clear and the air inside stays fresh.
Cold weather burns more fuel, so we plan the heaters and propane around your tent and your forecast, then keep them running. Once the tent is up, close the walls and leave just the entrance open so the heat stays where the concrete needs it.
Staking vs. weights
How we anchor the tent depends on your site:
Dirt or gravel: Staking is the strongest and most affordable option. We have utilities marked first and place our stakes to avoid them.
Asphalt: We can still stake. We drill small holes, then patch them with crushed stone and cold patch when we leave.
Existing slab or rooftop: We use concrete weights instead.
We'll recommend the right method and amount for your site, and we stake wherever we can to save you money.
We move when you move
Big pours happen in sections, so your tent doesn't have to stay in one place. On a winter project for ARCO Design/Build and Stief Concrete, we moved the tents again and again as the walls went up, and kept a crew on site to open and close the walls for the workers. The project kept moving through a hard winter.
We handle the setup
Tents, heat, lights, and power are all installed and removed by our crew, so yours can stay focused on the pour. Learn more about our temporary construction tents, or send us a few photos of your site and we'll help you plan the right setup.
