Post Tension Slab--before the concrete gets there.

I have done over 13,000 apartments, the majority being post-tension, and the cables are not supposed to lay on the ground. They are to be on chairs so that they are encapsulated in concrete. Also, the poly should go down in the beams. Where the poly is torn, it should be patched. Also, the comment on where the concrete comes to on the dead-end is wrong. It is supposed to be completely encapsulated. I am not sure, but it appears that some of the reinforcement in the beams is not correct,

I am beginning to act in the area here in Brazil and always good to have as a reference someone with a lot of experience in the area.

nice work jeff greetings from the netherlands

I left my like after watching. Very good your video. Thank you for sharing with your great experience.

Hi love this video. Do you have a video with how you did the physical work?

Good info. Would it help in climate zone 5/6, north east US

Where the plastic caps for the far end of the cables? Cables can't touch the form...same goes for rebar

Thanks for posting. Most of the post tension cables are sitting directly on what will be the bottom of the floor. Don’t these cables need to be elevated so they’re in the middle of the concrete floor?

For someone new and learning about structural engineering and foundation setup, Would plumbing toilet drainline ever be directly over ontop of beam location? Also what is the thickness of the beams, sizes side to side? Video mentioned the beam is about 2 feet deep but did not say how wide. What is the typical thickness of a slab foundation? Could a slab foundation be thicker more then 6" to 8" depth? Perhaps 10" deep? Any structural engineering that can answer more questions for me?

This is only used for domestic application a complete different system used in commercial industrial applications

Cables won’t keep the slab from cracking

When should they tighten cables it has been almost 3 weeks and still haven't tightened...Lots of cracks

I love your videos, I never ask you a question, but today I have a question and I hope you can help me, the post tension runs on the porch of a house because I saw some nails outside my house in the foundation in the corner of my house where the porch is, and a person went to do a sidewalk to my house, and I had to go to work and noticed the next day that they had cut a line from the foundation of my house on the porch side so that the water does not The porch got in, it was about half an inch, that's why I was asking you if the post tension runs on the porch? The person who cut says they don't go there, thank you very much.

Is it just dirt under those plastic coverings? If so, is the dirt compacted? I don't see how that could hold up a freaking house.

Where are the chairs?

building a house in the desert in california, My footings are 42"

Doesn't explain the tension

Once again - what is the purpose of the plastic?

Just to save money 💰