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O/T cement question. Made for the old timers
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Posted by old on July 22, 2006 at 21:27:15 from (4.245.0.1):
Years ago when they would pour cement they would use a lot of large rock in the cement but now days you almost never see them doing that. I have even seen/heard of makeing forms and then filling them with large rocks with big gaps between them and then pouring in the cement. Now heres the question. Why don't they do that any more?? Is it because of all the labor to do so or was it because it wasn't strong?? I still see a lot of what is left of old school houses/foudations etc. that where built that way standing so it had to work so whats up with that??
Thanks
I know if it was done say when building a barn etc. it would save a lot of $$ just in the cement used and at $80 plus a yard why not use that way?
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