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Tried that new fiberglass rebar on a sidewalk pour in Tulsa last week
My buddy convinced me to swap out the typical steel for this new fiberglass stuff on a small job near downtown Tulsa. The pour went fine but when I went back to strip the forms it had way more flex than I expected, almost bowed the whole slab. Anyone else run into this or did I just mess up the spacing?
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lunah1213d ago
Ngl that stuff is not ready for prime time. I saw a guy use it on a patio and the whole thing waved like a flag in the wind. Steel has been the standard for a reason, don't fix what ain't broken.
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reese_hayes7113d ago
Huh, that's a hot take and I gotta push back a bit. I've seen some of the newer composite decking materials hold up way better than wood or steel in certain conditions (especially near saltwater where steel just rusts out). The waving you saw might've been a bad install or the wrong span rating for the joists, not the material itself. Properly installed with the right support structure, those composites can be dead flat for years.
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gavin22813d ago
Lol @lunah12 probably saw that same install I did down at the shore last summer where the joists were way too far apart.
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