What are the pro’s and con’s of a post-tension-slab. Years ago if I rember you did not like them. We chose a builder and thats what they use. Help!
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Mark
Tom: It has not.
Charlie: I [inaudible 00:02] any difference.
Tom: It doesn’t come up as much because it’s not something people … We had a lot of questions way back when about vinyl siding, post-tension slabs, the new types of foundation repair like the Perma-Pile System. You can go back in the history of this show and it’s developed quite differently today, but no, post-tension slabs … they’re cheap, they’re used in production building, they do it to keep competitive, and they just haven’t gotten any better. What they’ve done to them, though, Charlie, I will give them this because they were failing so much in the ’80’s that they added more steel to it. What does that tell you? They’re not true post-tension anymore. They have a lot of steel to try to keep them from cracking, so that does help somewhat.
Charlie: I’m just going to tell them-
Tom: Steel and concrete’s the way to go.
Charlie: Tommy no likey.
Tom: Tommy did not change his mind.
Charlie: Okay
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