In a message dated 4/28/05 7:19:58 PM Greenwich Standard Time, w7dra@juno.com
writes:
i always drive
6 foot lengths of 3/4 inch rebar and various angles leaving 8 inches or
so out of the ground for the concrete to hang to. this is to stabilize
the ground around the post.
Not recommended........Eventually the rebar rusts, there is water intrusion,
along the bar into the concrete and you wind up with a mass of flakey,
oxidized rebar. The result is a weaker block of concrete than if you left the
rebar
out of the concrete.
Maybe this is not an issue other places, but it sure is in Florida.
Bill K4XS
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