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CanYouPourConcreteFootingOnTopofa
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Youhavetherightideabutmayneedmoreinformationbeforetryingtoattachthe
newtoold.Insomecasesthatwillwork>>drillrebarintotheexistingpatioslab
acrossthejoint<<butinothersbecauseofthegeologyofthesite,thatcould
causecrackingaroundthestarterbars.
IfIwasgoingtodothis,I'donlybond(concretein)thestarterbartothenewslab
andhavethebarslideintoasleevewhichisepoxiedintotheoldasinthepictureI
haveinserted.Probablyonlythe4bars,2footinfromtheendandtheothertwo
spacedevenly,Iwouldonlyusestandardslipjointnotthe25mmtheyhaveinthe
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Iwouldsayyesyoucouldbuildwhatisshowninyourlinkbypouringthenewfloor
slabontopofyourexistingbasementslab.itwontweakentheexistingfloorslab.I
dontthinktheblockwallsyouareaddingareheavyenoughtocauseaproblem.I
evenwonderifyouneedtheaddtionalslabforstrengthatallotherthantogivethe
wallssomethingtoattachto.PSIdowonderwhyyouneedtheadditionalslabat
allbutnotsurewhatyouaredoingexactly.Youmightthinkaboutsometypeof
drilledinanchorordrillandgrout/gluethewallvertrebarintoyourexistingfloor
slab.Theexistingfloorslabisaleast4inchesmaybe6?Sowhydoyouneed
anotherontop?Drillandgoutthebarsintotheexistingforthewallsandskipthe
additionalfloorslaborwhateveritis.

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The12'by20'slabisn'tdoinganywhereandneitheristhehouse.So,anchoringthe
twoslabsisnotrequired.Justremove4"ormoreofdirtandwashanyrocksand
addthemtotheconcrete.Iwouldrecommendweldedwirefencingif6'x6'welded
wireistoohardtogetinsmallquantities.Whenyoudocoverthepatio,youshould
cut1'by1'padsintheslabandremove1'ormoreofdirttopourfootingsforposts
tosupporttheroof.
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youhavetherightidea,useanepoxytomounttherebarintheexistingslabbut
makesureitisbondabletobothmaterials
whenyoueventuallydoyourtileyouwillstillneedanexpansionjointthroughtothe
faceofthetileasthatjointwillalwaysmovesomeandwillcrackthetile.thereare
decorativeexpansionjointsmadejustforthetileandthispurpose
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Theysellepoxyfortherebarhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008H4Q...,I'd
probablyuse#6x12"barsetinhalfdepth,but#4wouldprobablybeok.(baris
measuredineightsofaninch).
Ihavealsobeenonjobsthattheengineerspecifiedbondingagent
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCC...bebrushedontheoldconcrete
priortopouringnewtopreventwaterseeping.
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probablynotunlessyouhavetheexistingfootingunderthebasementcheckedout
toseeifitisstrongenoughtocarrytheextraweightofthefootingandweightthat
youaddaboveitifitsabasementitisalreadycarryingatleastaonestoryload
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