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Reinforced concrete has achieved regulatory capture via the building codes. If you try to build with anything non-standard, prepare to deal with a mountain of
by opwieurposiu 5y ago
Reinforced concrete has achieved regulatory capture via the building codes. If you try to build with anything non-standard, prepare to deal with a mountain of red tape.
- rsync 5y agoI don't believe you would encounter any red tape if you used hot-dipped galvanized rebar - I believe it is code-compliant everywhere in North America. It is, however, more expensive ...
- rdiddly 5y agoYep and even that zinc coating has a lifespan.
- Jweb_Guru 5y agoGiven past "innovations" in the space of building materials, I think this is just about the last place people should be complaining about needing to comply with regulations...
- leoc 5y agoAnd in fact it seems that one attempted fix to the corrosion problem, epoxy-coated rebar, has already proven much worse than uncoated rebar at dealing with rust in production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDy84rR5Z8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDy84rR5Z8 (That, BTW, is from a channel devoted to concrete made by a civil-engineering academic who specialises in the stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrvfiHNDS_QI-FgKQSmTITQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrvfiHNDS_QI-FgKQSmTITQ )