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How do you break a concrete bench? #329108 01/15/2025 09:04 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,291 Likes: 16 Central Florida! Carol_Hill OP Traveler
OP Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,291 Likes: 16 Central Florida!	Daily Herald story Not sure how long those benches have been there, but how did they get broken? Carol Hill

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Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329109 01/15/2025 09:12 AM
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ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,007 Likes: 17 Ohio	Probably not made the best to begin with and the heat and exposure to saltwater can be detrimental, especially if it has steel rebar in it. J.D.

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? ruralcarrier #329110 01/15/2025 09:18 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,291 Likes: 16 Central Florida! Carol_Hill OP Traveler
OP Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,291 Likes: 16 Central Florida!	Saltwater? Why would they be exposed to salt water? It's a block from the ocean? Yes, I guess you're right, probably not made that well to begin with. Carol Hill

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329112 01/15/2025 09:33 AM
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ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,007 Likes: 17 Ohio	Salt spray and in the air. J.D.

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329113 01/15/2025 09:36 AM
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kim Traveler Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,827 Likes: 6 Newtown, CT	Cars hitting them?!

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? kim #329114 01/15/2025 09:45 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,007 Likes: 17 Ohio ruralcarrier Traveler
ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,007 Likes: 17 Ohio	Yes, another reason. Concrete can be very fickle if not prepared properly. J.D.

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329116 01/15/2025 10:01 AM
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BillDauterive Traveler Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 210 Likes: 1 Arlen, TX	JD is correct. Exhibit A is the collapse of the concrete bridge in Genoa Italy in 2018. Seawater spray seeped through the concrete and corroded the steel cables that reinforced that concrete. The bridge was several kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea, and saltwater still got through. This is likely a similar, yet far less tragic, situation. LINK

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? BillDauterive #329118 01/15/2025 10:43 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,291 Likes: 16 Central Florida! Carol_Hill OP Traveler
OP Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,291 Likes: 16 Central Florida!	Thanks. I guess I learned something today. Carol Hill

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329120 01/15/2025 11:01 AM
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ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,007 Likes: 17 Ohio	Originally Posted by Carol_Hill Thanks. I guess I learned something today. I have always been told there are two guarantees with concrete, it will get hard, and it will crack. It is a fickle building material. J.D.

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329121 01/15/2025 11:13 AM
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alecu7 Traveler A Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 120 Likes: 1 YHM, Canada	It depends on the cement. If it's Portland concrete it lasts longer. If it's pre compressed concrete it last forever

Re: How do you break a concrete bench? Carol_Hill #329175 01/16/2025 07:21 AM
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boucharda Traveler Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,165 Likes: 4 Massachusetts	They were supposed to be reinforced with metal inside and that didn't happen

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