Contractors have been known to cut corners. For example, specs call for iron reinforcing bars to be spaced 12 inches apart in the concrete. The contractor places them 18 inches apart instead, just to save a few bucks. No big deal, right? And no one will know anyway because the rebars will be covered with concrete.
I’m not saying that happened here. But it has happened.
“Contractors have been known to cut corners. For example, specs call for iron reinforcing bars to be spaced 12 inches apart in the concrete. The contractor places them 18 inches apart instead, just to save a few bucks. No big deal, right? And no one will know anyway because the rebars will be covered with concrete.”
I’ve seen slabs where the subs got their inspection, the rebar was then picked up and moved to the next lot over while the first was poured. You could stick your hands in the cracks years later all the way to the cushion sand and not a single piece of rebar could be found.
“Contractors have been known to cut corners.”
OK, low bid won the contract so how to make a buck? “Short mixing” concrete, cal-cloride to speed cold weather setting of concrete/mortar mix, imported sheet-rock and other tricks of the trade. End of the day; “no one will know because it’s covered with concrete”.
“Contractors have been known to cut corners.”
OK, low bid won the contract so how to make a buck? “Short mixing” concrete, cal-cloride to speed cold weather setting of concrete/mortar mix, imported sheet-rock and other tricks of the trade. End of the day; “no one will know because it’s covered with concrete”.