A GOOD patio provides you with a hardwearing, all-weather surface which requires little maintenance. Even with the introduction of decking, paving slabs are still a popular patio choice. They are easy ...
Two new developments have recently occurred regarding the installation of contraction joints in slabs-on-ground. First, the ACI Committee on Residential Concrete now recognizes joints, installed soon ...
Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, ...