How Do You Install Concrete Rebar In Patios?
Installing rebar is an important step in pouring a patio if you want your patio to remain crack-free. While laying rebar can be somewhat time-consuming, it is not particularly difficult. Over the long run it can be well worth the time, effort and expense by insuring a better looking patio for years to come. Lay rebar every 24 inches both directions inside of form for patio slab. Rebar should be placed in both directions forming a grid with squares 24 inches to a side throughout the form. Do not let ends of rebar touch the sides of the form. Twist pieces of wire around the rebar at each junction point to hold the rebar in position in its grid-like pattern. Lay stones of similar height or small pieces of 2X4 inside the form so the rebar can be set on top of the stones or the 2X4 pieces. The rebar grid should be suspended approximately half way between the ground and the top of your concrete form. Pour the concrete into form. Concrete will flow both under and above the suspended grid of m
