How thick is your slab and do you get cold temps? Would really cold temps
increase the likelyness of a crack happening? What state do you live in? I
thought about the fiber stuff. I'll look into that tomorrow. I want the whole
slab as one and not sectioned. thx jim
"R. Welch" wrote:
> I used 3500# concrete for a floor in my barn and did not use rebar.
> Instead, the concrete mix had fiberglass mixed in with it - I think it cost
> about $5/yard more, but they said the slab shouldn't crack. Its been 2
> years now and my Farmall M tractor (>5000 lbs) has been in and out and
> parked there with no problems. Something to check out. I think if you pour
> smaller sections at a time that might minimize cracking also - although
> small stress cracks, as you know, are sometimes inevitable - so far I have
> none.
>
> Bob Welch
> '56 Cameo
> '55 Belair
> Bartlesville, OK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "New Mexico Jim" <ADvent@thuntek.net>
> Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 6:24 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] garage floor slab
>
> >
> > Today, some friends and I filled in the area and tamped it down. I am now
> ready
> > to hose it down and then lay some Visqueen and rebar. My question is: on
> what
> > centers should I run my rebar? I was thinking about 12" on center and 2
> "above
> > the dirt and 6" of 3,500 pound concrete. I don't want any cracks and I
> hate it
> > when a creeper gets caught in them. Should I use that black tar stuff
> > inpregnaded fiberboard that costs about 5 bucks a 4X8 sheet and cut in 6"
> > strips. Then attach it to the inside edge of the stem wall as an expansion
> join
> > since there will be no expansion joints elswhere in the slab? If I'm not
> making
> > myself clear, the place between the end of the slab and where it meets the
> stem
> > wall.
> > Jim
> > does anyone know how to add a signiture file in Netscape 4.7? I click on
> the
> > edit sig file and it brings up an adress book. thx
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
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