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Re-assess Concrete Slab Cracks

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Floor Demo + OUR FOUNDATION IS CRACKED! || Concrete Slab House (Ep.2)

What happens here

With all previous flooring removed, the concrete slab's cracks are re-evaluated to determine their nature and severity. The team refers to research (implied via smartphone use in an earlier segment) and expert advice, confirming that cracks less than 1/8 inch wide are typically normal shrinkage cracks and do not indicate structural instability. A straight edge (such as a metal scraper) is passed over the cracks to check for height differences, ensuring no active movement. This step is critical for peace of mind and to avoid unnecessary, costly structural repairs.

Goal: Re-evaluate exposed concrete slab cracks, confirm they are non-structural shrinkage cracks (less than 1/8 inch wide), and ensure no active movement.

Tools and materials

  • Smartphone
  • Stiff Scraper/Straight Edge

What they say

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dude i don't this this is this is ridiculous this there's a look at this crack it connects to this goes over there i don't know how far that's going comes over here there's one right here between a wall dude this is a concrete slab man there's no there's no crawl space underneath here this is this is what six inches of slab i don't i just bought a freaking house and the entire foundation is cracked is there more another one over the corner okay uh i needed a second to cool down so this is a problem just like any other thing it i'm sure there's a solution this i mean i'm sure the answer is not let's bomb this house and start all over so we the first thing we got to do is figure out assess the damage further so we're going to pop off the rest of the flooring and see exactly what we're working with talk to a professional do our research and then take the next step so right now let's explore [Music] so the idea i guess is just to make this easy to carry so we'll just do one strip on the roll that you already pulled and then we'll do just a little slop put that in

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