Placement of Anchor Bolts
Placement of Anchor Bolts
(OP)
I have a project where the contractor has been "floating" or "wet sticking" anchor bolts and wall dowel bars into the top of a concrete foundation. I know that ACI 7.5.1 does not allow this for dowel bars, but I have not been able to find anything regarding requirements for placing anchor bolts.





RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
Dik
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
We do have notes that cover this in our spec but the contractor is balking a little bit and says that what he is doing is "standard practice". He wanted to know if he could still "wet stick" and use a vibrator to consolidate, but I told him I didn't believe that "wet sticking" was even allowed by code. So I wanted to find an actual code that would back me up.
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
Dik
RE: Placement of Anchor Bolts
I've done it.
The look in response is priceless.
I say we start a campaign to make THAT standard practice.