[TowerTalk] Re-Bar Cage Advise

[K4BEV@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/21/06 10:58:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ersmar at comcast.net writes:

Don't  cut them after the pour is completed; you'll have small pieces of 
steel wire  exposed to the elements and they'll corrode and expand, possibly 
damaging the  top of the concrete and leaving a way for water to  ingress.



There is also Stainless Steel tie wire available. My brother-in-law is an  
iron worker and that's all they have been using for quite a while now.
The stuff is way stronger than the regular tie wire and doesn't rust.
On the other hand - the ends will cut you like a razor. Wear gloves when  
working with it.
 
73, Don - K4BEV