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jbc426 said
I understand the moral of your experience and you make a wise and good point.

To be clear though, I am pointing it out for those planning to do concrete in their future projects. Using compacted base rock, tied rebar and welded wire mesh all suspended off the base rock with dado's is the "proper way" to pour concrete that will have vehicles driving on it.

Using fiber reinforced 6 sack concrete is stronger yet, but not too good if you plan to lay down and work on it.

Here's how we have to do it in Northern Ontario......No supports for the mesh, but I was in there with a hook during the whole pour. We have a lot more to deal with clay soil and freeze/thaw cycles up here.......Crazy prep work if you want it to last the test of time. I would suspect Cali would not be so demanding. Your job looks awesome:thumbsup:

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