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Default Why Put gravel under concrete?

On 7/7/16 8:20 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 9:07:50 PM UTC-4, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 5:44:06 PM UTC-5, Kendall Concrete
wrote:
replying to Nonny, Kendall Concrete wrote: I disagree with the
WWM. I have replaced and poured concrete for over 30 years and
what we see is that concrete is going to crack no matter what
you do. When cracks occur in concrete containing WWM, moisture
gets in and rusts away the WWM within a year or so. I have torn
out nicer looking concrete without WWM than most with it.
Another thing is that when we cut control joints in the concrete,
that causes controlled cracking which then rusts out the WWM. As
far as gravel under a slab draining water- What happens when
there is nowhere for the water to go? The gravel stays saturated.
And again, I have torn out some very nice sidewalks that had no
gravel under them and some were 30 years old and older. --

Nonny can't reply. It was so tragic, a Ready Mix truck tipped over
and crushed Nonny to death 5 years ago. We all miss Nonny. 8-(

[8~{} Uncle Sad Monster


The reports of Nonny's death have been greatly exaggerated.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0hwe3wDxQ6o/maxresdefault.jpg

Cousin Mark Twain Monster


So have the reports of bodies in Hoover Dam. None, according to
this.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5893183/who-is-buried-in-the-hoover-dam
There are six entombed in Fort Peck Dam in Montana.
I think Jimmy Hoffa has been riding around in UPS trucks since his
disappearance.