Charlie:
Oscar in Missouri City, he has a contractor replacing his driveway and his patio, Tom. He wants to know do they need to connect or tie the existing house slab in when they pour these?
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Tom:
Any time you do flat work, your driveways, your sidewalks, your patios, you do not, you let them float free. Unless it’s the original pour and it’s poured all in one which sometimes it is, but not that often. Then that’s different but there’s no tie in, no.
Charlie:
Let it float free because …
Tom:
Because it’s going to want to do things and it’s not part of your slab. You don’t want it to effect your slab.
Charlie:
It doesn’t want to take the other one for a ride.
Tom:
Yeah, it’s just not a good idea. The answer is no.