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To: steve86

You can get a sealer that will really help prevent that.


11 posted on 05/28/2016 11:53:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I’m curious, how does a sealer prevent cracking.

There are many reasons why cement cracks, a poor/wrong mix is one, how it cures, thickness is another, ground heaving, improper soil preparation, rebar placement and there are probably others.

Our ground up here moves a lot during the seasonal changes which is our number one reason for cracking. I knew guy that put zero rebar in a basement. After a year there were 1/2 inch gaps in the basement cracks.

To prevent cracking from ground heaving, a nearby air base runway, they removed the soil 8 feet down and back filled it with a uniform aggregate and compacted to a certain specification, then poured the concrete over it.


47 posted on 05/29/2016 4:56:02 AM PDT by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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