News Report by: Rebecca Robledo & Pool & Spa News The beauty of reinforced concrete is the marriage of the cementitious material with steel rebar. The concrete provides strength against compression, while steel can bend and move with tensile pressures. In an ideal world, the rebar reinforcement would be non-stop and go all around the… Read more »
Outside the pool industry, there are other products and processes used to reinforce concrete besides standard rebar and lap splicing. Here, professionals explain why they are not appropriate for pools and spas. Epoxy-coated bars “It’s a problem with equipotential bonding, because with the epoxy, you lose your grid. So you have to, on the shell,… Read more »
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