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Vertical Rebar and Dowels

Vertical Rebar and Dowels

Vertical Rebar and Dowels

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Can vertical rebar extend into the footing to serve also as dowels, thus, eliminating one step in the fabrication process?  Why or why not?

Would this force too high of a load "into" the near bottom of the footing, as opposed to being distributed more onto the top of the footing?

Thank you!

RE: Vertical Rebar and Dowels

This is done quite often.  Really, the only reason for the dowels is construction effeciency so that vertical bars can be spliced.  Standing a 8' or longer bar in a footing is not that easy and if you are using block on the footing, the mason would have "thread" the block over the bar.  Dowels are just quicker.

A correctly spliced bar carries the same load.

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