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Nesgroup address: alt.building.construction - Date & Time for the message: /

Author of the message: Matt Whiting

Title of the message:
Re: slab thickness

Text of the message:
RicodJour wrote:

> Matt Whiting wrote:
>
>>Rico
>>
>>>Bob's got it right, the slab doesn't move unless something underneath
>>>it does.  Preparation - drainage, compaction, etc. - is the key.
>>
>>Absolutely correct, but the problem is that you can't guarantee that
>>something won't move.  Thus a little reinforcement is, IMO, cheap insurance.
>
>
> Much like the single guy with no dependents buying life insurance.
> It's cheap, but is it necessary?  Too many people think that it is a
> panacea for all problems concrete.  It's not.  Just like painting, slab
> on grade results are all in the preparation.

Not a good analogy at all.  I've seen many slabs crack and shift up to
an inch even with what appeared to be proper preparation.  And there is
a major road nearby that hs shifted nearly 6' in one set of lanes of a
divided highway.  I'm sure the construction company thought they had



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