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Got chewed out by an inspector on a slab pour last month and it changed my whole approach

I always thought I was fine with my control joint spacing until this county inspector in Austin told me I was asking for random cracking on a 30x40 slab. He said my 12 foot spacing was too wide for that mix design in the Texas heat. Now I keep every joint at 8 feet max and I haven't had a single call back about cracks since. Anybody else run into inspectors who actually saved them from a headache?
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raymartin
raymartin13d ago
Man, that's rough getting chewed out but it sounds like it worked out for the best! Nothing worse than chasing cracks on a slab you already poured. Glad that inspector woke you up before it became a real problem.
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jordanr89
jordanr8913d ago
@raymartin what mix design were you using that the inspector flagged?
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