Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Dowelling in concrete 2Apr 04, 2011 12:25 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Dowelling in concrete 4Apr 04, 2011 5:27 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Dowelling in concrete 6Apr 04, 2011 9:54 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Dowelling in concrete 8Apr 04, 2011 10:31 pm Slabs resist the effect of trench subsidence by shear strength. The issue with subsidence is that you never know whether you will have to deal with the slab acting as a beam between two points or cantilevering out over a hard spot on the centre. When I worked in airports the common wisdom was that reinforcement was only provided to hold the broken bits together as it was uneconomic to provide enough steel to prevent any cracking due to bending. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Dowelling in concrete 9Oct 30, 2019 2:00 am Hello forum. What can I use as a joint filler material To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. Control joints may reduce ugly cracking during periods of soil… 3 9796 Hi all I need a guidance on how far I need to space expansion joints in the concrete driveway and its type (keyway/foam.) Contraction joints are at 3m max for a 125 slab. Thanks 0 10892 |