"Calif Bill" wrote in message link.net...
"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Nothing better at a decent price. They epoxy coat now and that will
help.
Trouble is concrete is fantastic at supporting compression, but any
other
direction and get failures.
Bill

What about fiber reinforced concrete? What about composite-fiber type
reinforcement bars for concrete? What about using structural steel
members, embedded for tensile reinforcement?

repeat "Nothing better at a decent price"

All versions of the rebar. I do not see where the fiber reinforced concrete
is code for structural members. You people in Florida do not seem to know
how to build safe buildings. True example. After the last bad hurricane,
one of the towns was leveled, except for a couple of houses that looked like
there had not been a hurricane. Turns out they were Habitat for Humanity
built homes and were built to California earthquake standards. 16" stud
centers, bolted to foundation, hurricane straps on the roof trusses.
Florida did not require bolting, hurricane straps, and most are on 24" stud
centers.

What you don't seem to understand is that, following ACI guidelines
for minimal ferrous reinforcing coverage, you won't have a problem
with corrosion. THAT is why those guidelines are in place. Now, first
of all, I'm not in Florida. BUT, you are talking about something that
you don't know a thing about. By Florida Buidling Code, you must have
hurricane straps on trusses, and has been that way since the early
seventies. Bolting WHERE?? Walls are designed to resist forces of
wind, given the wind speed classification by the Fl. Building Code.
BUT, you almost always need to use studs at 16" c/c, to resist the
axial load of the roof, and or second floor. So, as usual, Bill, you
are dead wrong. In residential work, in CA, the easiest, and simplest
seismic fit you can do is to make shear walls, ie: use plywood in the
first few feet from each corner, screwed or nailed at 12" c/c on the
field, and 6" c/c edges. This works the same way as "x" bracing.