[TowerTalk] Nube rebar question

[Patrick Greenlee]

Do not place the rebar directly on the dirt.  Use "chairs" or other 
means to maintain a space.  Chairs are little blocks of concrete with 
embedded wire to facilitate tying.  Available at big box stores.  I like 
broken bricks, ones with the holes in them, just insert the rebar.  
Other ways will work but pick one and use it.

When concrete cures (attains 90% of final strength in 28 days) it 
shrinks which lets the concrete grip the rebar tightly via the "lumps" 
on the rebar.  If the rebar is not encapsulated with sufficient wall 
thickness around the rebar it will not be strong enough to not break 
under stress.

Rebar laying on the dirt is NOT adding strength.  It is wasted.

Patrick NJ5G



On 12/16/2014 11:27 AM, Kent Olsen wrote:
> I have never worked with rebar or concrete but it seem fairly strait
> forward in building the cage and pouring the concrete. I have read the the
> rebar cannot be with in 3" of the dirt or it will rust and fall apart. What
> do you do in the bottom where the rebar sits on the dirt? Is this just a
> sacrificial bit?
>
> Thanks
> 73
> Kent
> K6DKO
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