A fire marshal's comment about our slab made me rethink everything

Last week in Columbus, a fire inspector walked our new warehouse pour and asked why we didn't leave a 3 inch gap around the column footings. He said trapped moisture there turns into spalling in about 5 years, and code now flags it in a lot of the newer builds. I've placed a thousand slabs and never once considered that detail. Has anyone else had an inspector point out something that made you change your standard practice?

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wader7123d ago

That gap around footings catches water and rusts the rebar in Columbus winters, seen it happen twice on old pours.