Patio Slab Thickness Tips - Is a Thicker Concrete Slab Better?

[robertah-tye]

I just put out extended walkways which looks to me like a patio since the walkways are laid side by side. I put only 2 and a half inches thick for this patio and the first walkway I put out some thirty years ago with no cracks also the same thickness of two and a half inches. My ancestors who are Chinese put up a great wall of China and believe you me it still stands.

[jakb]

i told my wife that 4 to 6 inches is more than she insisted on 10 inches... she went out and found a new

[JarrodAtHome]

If i wanted to enclosed the patio should i go thicker that 6 inches ?

[TNasty]

when pouring a concrete patio 5" thick against a house. Should you dowel out rebar from the houses foundation and tie it to the rebar in the slab? My foundation is pier and beam not a post tension slab. Either way yes or no to the dowels, should I put fiber expansion board against the house?

[trevorcole]

On a slab 17ft by 10ft would 2.5 inch be ok, one side of the slab is for a hot tub that with water in it will weigh just under 1, 000kg and the other side just some chairs., and will I need steel mesh to strengthen it.

[elainewinn]

Thank you for your informative video! I live in Idaho Falls, Idaho and we have lots of snow and cold winters here. I want to put in two concrete patios in the back yard. I have been told that stamped patios do not hold up well in severe climates. My question is...Can a 6" thick, stamped patio with densifier and an appropriate seal work in strengthening the concrete for our climate? Also, would a exposed, aggregated patio be a better option? It is quite an investment and I want it to last for a long time! Thanks!

[joe]

Just go 4 inches usually if you go 6 inches it might cost more then 100$ more depends how much space is left in concrete truck 6 inches is stronger but a little overkill unless u plan on driving on it

[bluphii]

trying to make decorative pavers 6'x4' what thickness do you reccommend for little to know traffic on them????

[vbvini]

can you pour a 4 inch slab over cement pavers?

[dekonfrost]

1/3 thicker costs a third more. And you never discuses shape or soil density. And mix profile. Rupees for flat work are stronger than metallic reinforcement in slab on grAde

[gmrrnracr]

How thick for a hot tub?
Withstand 5 to 6k lbs

[dekonfrost]

So that yard and quarter will cost 3.80 times 52 80 lbs bags is like 200.00. That same yard and a quarter from a truck with a 3 1/2 yard delivery will cost you another 250-300 after short load and delivery, fuel surcharge etc. so yea there is a problem with you math.