Urea Fertilizer

[engr567]

Is it an acceptable common practice to spread the urea fertilizer over the soil and formworks to avoid freezing the soil and rebars before pouring the concrete for grade beams and/or footings? Does ACI talk about this? Thanks in advance.

 

[msquared48]

Personally, I have never heard of this technique. The ground never freezes long enough here for it to be of concern...

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[dik]

I've not heard of using fertilizer and I don't see how it would function for anything more than a couple of inches. In these environs, frost penetration is typically 6' and it definitely wouldn't work.

Dik

 

[a2mfk]

Plus it will make your building smell like a cat box eventually