Concrete reo Alternative?

Shaving will only give you compression strength not structural strength. it is use to reduce the thickness needed. Not the longitudinal strength.

If you laid a slab 100 x 5 metres it would crack through but if you loaded it over a 1 meter square with something heavy there is no problem.

As for shavings China is your only hope.

A Arnold Be MBA

With the price of stainless steel the way it is why would you want to use it in place of reo?

I have to agree with this guy. Stainless Steel costs are high. I would imagine this would make the concrete that uses stainless steel in place of sand or fiberglass would be expensive. Unless you were only pouring a small area but to purchase enough stainless steel for an area say the size of a slab for a home it would be pretty cost prohibitive.

I used glass entrained concrete for my workshop floor slab. Still cracked. maybe I should have had a slump check done. So, not impressed by glass. Maybe bits of metal would be better?

I thought re bar is used to support tension loads, are you, like, assuming a layer of stainless wool mashed into the bottom of the slab? Tell me more about this cool new building method! Its totally new to ME!

Almost all new homes that are built on a concrete slab get a crack running through the slab. Even after compacting the ground before digging the trenches for footings and plumbing, after pouring the slab and building on it, the building itself puts stress on the slab. The ground still has some settling to do and the weak point in the ground will sink slightly causing the crack.

Try these sites caferacer.

Dramix Steel Fibres.

ReoCo Steel Fibres.

Or Barchip Plastic Fibres