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To: EarthResearcher333

Looks like the same patches I put on my carport’s cement floor.

Of Course, I didn’t have worry about millions of gallons of water trying to escape through my patches.


2,156 posted on 03/02/2017 11:34:03 AM PST by Grampa Dave (We are winning every day, while the Dems and Never Trumpsters are whining every day!!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

There seems to be some type of irony here in that the design may have created cracks just above the drains just so the drains can remove the water from the cracks....


2,157 posted on 03/02/2017 11:41:19 AM PST by EarthResearcher333
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To: Grampa Dave; EarthResearcher333

Not to mention each of those cracks represent a weak point in the slab.

When you drive down the interstate, you may visualize it as one continuous concrete ribbon unbroken for miles.

Not so. Concrete paving is a series of individual slabs, with “control joints” spaced about 30’ apart, and spanned by steel dowels to transfer the load from one slab to the next.

When placed, concrete eventually cracks, due to shrinkage as it cures. The trick is making it crack where YOU want it to, where provision can be made to seal the pre-planned joint, and with provision for load transfer.

http://www.cement.org/for-concrete-books-learning/concrete-technology/concrete-construction/contraction-control-joints-in-concrete-flatwork
Placing Joints in Concrete Flatwork: Why, How, and When

https://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete-joints/load-transfer.html
Load Transfer
Transferring loads across joints.


2,158 posted on 03/02/2017 12:02:45 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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