On May 17, 8:01*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , RicodJour wrote:

On May 17, 6:53=A0pm, JIMMIE wrote:
My friend is building some new concrete steps to his back porch. He
has some old chevy blocks , brake drums and general automotive iron he
wants to get rid of . If these items are clean of fluids is there any
reason we couldnt use them as fill in the steps.

One reason is that you'd be ****ing away money. *Call up a scrap
dealer and ask what they pay for scrap iron, he's probably got a few
bucks on the hoof there.

Another reason is that iron has a tendency to rust. *When it rusts it
expands. *This would put the concrete in tension and concrete really
doesn't like to be put in tension. *In other words it would tend to
break up the steps.

Oh, for heaven's sake. Haven't you ever heard of rebar?

Hey, Sparky, if it doesn't take too much time away from you being
snarky, why don't you Google "code concrete rebar coverage"? You'll
learn something.

R