12ft without supporting in between? Wonder it can stand the weight. For 10' my contractor already advice me to put support in between.
Reinforcement for kitchen concrete top, Please advise if 6mm or 12mm is better?
Reinforcement for kitchen concrete top, Please advise if 6mm or 12mm is better?
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Apr 12 2014, 09:55 PM
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12ft without supporting in between? Wonder it can stand the weight. For 10' my contractor already advice me to put support in between.
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Apr 14 2014, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE(joker98 @ Apr 12 2014, 10:09 PM) You can if you drill bars into the wall and provide support along the long edge. It's like partially hanging off the wall. Provided the wall is also a rebar concrete if only red brick it will not stay long, even faster if its cement brick.Then the 3 points in my previous post will become relevant in this case. |
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Apr 14 2014, 08:39 PM
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QUOTE(joker98 @ Apr 14 2014, 05:45 PM) It can stay long if the starter bars are anchored properly with proper grout (as they are in tension) and the brickwalls done properly. Also the top must be sufficiently thick and the wall surface plaster should be chipped to expose the bricks. A good and experienced contractor should know this. My contractor have difference school of thought, he don't want to build me a kitchen top of 10-11' without middle support as he claim it may crack on the wall, So he build one with middle support he guarantee me chopping cow also won't break. I been standing it few time to install my hood, opening hole for the ducting, and few people standing up during the plaster ceiling installation.And it is very important to position the starter bars from the wall along the top face and not bottom face. Even at mid height it is not good enough. If starter bars and reinforcement is placed at the wrong level, then it really won't stay long. Furthermore, he already has 2 supports at either end and the support along the edge will provide a constant hanging support, which we term cantilever. This post has been edited by weikee: Apr 14 2014, 08:42 PM |
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