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Rebar burn through form

Rebar burn through form

Rebar burn through form

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I heard a comment from a GC recently that the rebar is burning through the form at one beam. I think he meant there isn't adequate clearance from the rebar to the edge of concrete. Has anyone heard this terminology before and where does it come from?

RE: Rebar burn through form

I've heard that reference/term before as well. Don't know where it comes from.

RE: Rebar burn through form

haynewp....that's exactly what it means...."burnin'" the form is no clearance (cover). Common in my "neck of the woods"!

RE: Rebar burn through form

Yes - I have heard and use the term a good bit. Burning the edge of something means to be right up against it. Not sure of its origin...

RE: Rebar burn through form

I'd guess it's because of the rust offset from the rebar onto the form.
The image has to suggest a burn.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Rebar burn through form

I have never understood the apparent need to bastardise the English language as has been happening more and more recently. Someone comes up with an "interesting" new use for a word, completely unconnected with its real meaning, and everyone jumps in a uses it ad nauseam. Eventually it finds its way into some dictionary as an official new use for the word. And eventually we end up with a completely unintelligible language.

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