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Nah, it's not an Oklohoma thing, or an Oklahoma one, for that matter. I do it the same way in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri... The work that I do is designed by architects and engineers, most of whom do things more or less to industry accepted norms. Often, the work we do is intended to last for a very long time, so we do things to a little higher standard than you see in the average house. Face it, most houses are pretty much absolute crap, from a quality standpoint. The average buyer doesn't know the difference; the purchase price is all they see. Most of us in the commercial or industrial construction business wouldn't touch the housing market with a ten foot pole...
Curbs that are poured by a curb machine, in a housing edition, don't have rebar. The curbs I build, which are poured by hand, do have rebar. Overkill? It depends upon how long you want it to last.
Here's the deal. Disregarding temperature changes, if concrete were placed on a perfect base that would not move in any direction upon the application of a load, you wouldn't need rebar. Sadly, we live in the real world and the dirt that Mr. Webb will have underneath his "curb" will not be compacted very well. Thus, rebar is quite useful.
And, did I mention, it's CHEAP?
JR
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