Posted by NE IA on August 05, 2008 at 20:15:35 from (12.227.201.98):
I've been getting beat up by the town boys. We poured a sidewalk over the top of the old one for about 40 ft on a 100 ft sidewalk. They have no problem with elevation, we meet specks on both ends (30 ft each end)for wheelchairs.
We also rather than buy gravel under the part we broke out, we just took over run from the cement company (free) for about 4"-6" of fill, then we made the top pour all in one pour.
The city claims it is not allowed to have anything poured over the top, even to the effect we have to tear out all concrete and compact gravel up to grade---instead of using the free concrete.
They make no mention of ---ANY REINFORCMENT of any kind.
I have offered to have them drive around town and find ---ANY flaw with my projects, or ANY--yes that is ANY cracks in ANY SIDEWALK that I have poured since 1971. We use rebar and compaction / good drainage. They are pitted from salt, but not a crack you can see. Yet the law says I must tear it out and compact gravel under the slab. And the way it reads I can not pour 4" today, and top coat with a additional 4".
They claim they can make me tear it out, been doing this for years, and now the new man points out the laws. I did see it in writting myself.
As much as we can tell the law was changed years ago by the help of a contractor needing work, and a slop house friend of a few city elected officials.
I can't even imagine them beating this dead a$$ issue. I can't think of any law I do abide by in this town of 700. I have seen almost every cops wife naked, and lived here since 77, so we are all friends. My opinion is very well resected in the fire department, and EMS, or for that matter alot of other city business. They often ask for my opinion. I'm very good friends with all but one elected official. Never had any hard times with him either, other than this round of not saking him before I poured. I knew of the code prior to pouring, and got permission from three members--one on one before I poured. Three are the majority, so did not give it a second thought.
There are numerous sidewalks poured in the last thirty years that do not so much as make handicap standards.
The new guy has been on the job since Jan 1, and is taking a job in another town this week. But I still have a case of red A$$ that such laws are on the books.
All cement truck drivers are asking --EVERY contractor if they see any comon sence in this law. Not a single one since they started asking in April first.
So any explination as to why the law could be on the books. By the way the city worker is my friend, just that he was trying to do his job, and I blew him off. He simply asked why it's on the books, and being it is, why no reinforcment.
Again I don't think they have a snowballs chance in ---. I also told them if they can find one contractor that knows his head from his ---that agrees, I will tear it out. They also know I'm not real stable, and if I go I would take them all with me!!!!!
The 4 ft sidewalk has 5 = 1/2" rebar lengthways, plus they are short rods every 2 ft o'c. All rebar are placed with chairs. I should mention that the bottom pour of 4-6" to bring it up to grade has no rebar--all bar are in the top 4".
My issue is (I guess) is how to force a change to the city boys, that figure there must be a reason, or otherwise it would not be on the books.
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