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<blockquote data-quote="adluginb" data-source="post: 1589192" data-attributes="member: 3401"><p>Talking with a friend yesterday and he said he was watering his foundation. My house has a post-tensioned foundation and his was as well. I was under the assumption that with a post-tensioned foundation you don't need to do this as the foundation should float to prevent cracks. Now if you have an older house built before say around 2001 it probably has a foundation with rebar in it and as far as I know you are suppose to water them to prevent cracks. </p><p></p><p>Any structural engineers on the boards hear that know the facts? Im not trying to prove my buddy wrong as I am sure he will read this, I just want to know if I should also be doing this. I have some cracks in the back yard that are over 1" wide in the yard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adluginb, post: 1589192, member: 3401"] Talking with a friend yesterday and he said he was watering his foundation. My house has a post-tensioned foundation and his was as well. I was under the assumption that with a post-tensioned foundation you don't need to do this as the foundation should float to prevent cracks. Now if you have an older house built before say around 2001 it probably has a foundation with rebar in it and as far as I know you are suppose to water them to prevent cracks. Any structural engineers on the boards hear that know the facts? Im not trying to prove my buddy wrong as I am sure he will read this, I just want to know if I should also be doing this. I have some cracks in the back yard that are over 1" wide in the yard. [/QUOTE]
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