Sucker rods as rebar??

[Take Dead Aim]

Wait that didn’t answer my question?! If yallve done a ton of it…. Sucker rod or rebar?

I don’t mind buying the rebar, just had a free resources and thought it might be comparable


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I had already answered your question in post #7. Rebar.

[Take Dead Aim]

Think about what you just said..
Rebar is designed the way it is for a reason. Go stick you a piece of rebar in a bucket of wet concrete and let it cure and then try to pull it out.
Also post tension slabs are not held together but the “waffle” pattern of the cables. (Post tension cables are lubed and encased so they can freely move when stressed) it is the tension applied that holds the structure together.

Thank you. Saved me a bunch of typing. Also on post tension there is a reason you can cut the cable. They are under tension and adjustable. They a slick in design so that they do move inside of the slab.

[bowfishin fool]

Isn't most of the soil around Cuero Heavy Clay? If so, don't scrimp on the materials. Do it right the first time. Clay expands and contracts excessively depending on moisture so you want a material that's going to hold together with soil movement.

Part of why we put our house in this location is it’s on a good pea gravel vein!

Thanks for the consideration/advice fellas

Anybody wanna buy some sucker rod?!?! Just kidding I’ll use it for an arena


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[Atfulldraw]

Rebar works great for applications that require rebar.

[Dale Moser]

Rebar doesn’t bind concrete with its ridges. Concrete is bound laterally by the waffle like structure created by mat reinforcing. If reinforcing needed ridges, post tension wouldn’t work. Concrete doesn’t adhere naturally to steel at all.

This is amazingly poorly thought out!


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[TxDispatcher]

Rebar works great for applications that require rebar.

Who'da thunk it?

[bowfishin fool]

Rebar works great for applications that require rebar.

Well then it seems settled that this application requires rebar..


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[175gr7.62]

Well then it seems settled that this application requires rebar..


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No……it doesn’t, but if it makes you feel better go ahead.


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[Txhunter3000]

No……it doesn’t, but if it makes you feel better go ahead.


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I would use rebar and do 5-51/2" of concrete. How thick is the pea gravel vein? A boring would be beneficial to determine ....... no, no, no. Overthinking this. I'm sure you have a house beside this planned project, what is the foundation for this and have you had problems with it?