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    To reinforce or not

    I am in two minds about reinforcing the concrete slab I intend to pour in the coming weeks. We just dug up the old slab, which was about 130mm thick - it was for a pre-fab garage, and had no reinforcement. The slab's been sitting there for 30+ years and has not a single crack in it. The ground...
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    Dense Coursing Block or Engineering brick

    Hi guys Which product would be most suitable for below dpc? From what I have gathered, the bricks have greater resistance to frost, and a higher compressive strength. But I wanted to use coursing blocks so that I could render the wall. The build is a single skin garage w/ 100mm dense concrete...
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    Wetting Concrete

    Anyone here wet their concrete pours for a few days after to slow down the curing?
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    Running conduit under trench

    Hi guys, I have some very strong electrical conduit (made out of Polyethylene) which I plan to run under the trench (not through it) before pouring the concrete. However, I was thinking about the weight of the foundations and the building and the possibility of crushing the conduit. Am I being...
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