Steel keeps cracks tight and slabs working together. Here is how rebar, wire mesh and fibers compare.
Concrete is strong when it is squeezed but weak when it is pulled apart, and steel reinforcement makes up for that. Rebar is a bar of steel, laid in a grid, that holds cracked sections together. Wire mesh is a lighter grid that helps control small shrinkage cracks. Fibers are mixed into the concrete to cut down on tiny surface cracks.
Placement matters more than people think. Steel that sits on the ground does very little, and it should be supported on chairs so it lies in the middle of the slab. Spacing, size and overlap all count. Heavy-use slabs, foundations and walls should have rebar, while lightly loaded slabs may use mesh or fibers. We recommend what suits the job, and explain why.
Strong and structural.
Light and economical.
Cut surface cracks.
Matched to loads.
Mid-slab, not on the ground.
We explain why.
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For light loads, it can be. For heavy use, rebar is usually better.
They hold the steel in the middle of the slab, where it does its work.
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