How Do You Connect A Concrete Slab To A Concrete Footer?
In many instances a concrete slab may be connected to a concrete footer rather than the slab “floating” on top of the footer. Construction where free movement of the slab is not desired (for seismic or elevation reasons) will require the two to be “tied” together. You can construct and pour your concrete footings separately from your slab or as a monolithic pour (everything at the same time). Install your footings as designed on your rebar installation drawings and/or site construction drawings. Often you will have to use both sets of drawings to install the footing correctly. The rebar drawings will detail what type and shape of rebar has been made to build the footing but the construction drawings will have all the engineer’s specific requirements for spacing and placement. Add the slab tie-in bars to your footing. These may be provided in one of two basic forms. The first is a “slab dowel.” This dowel is a piece of rebar bent at a 90-degree angle that is designed to rise vertically
