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    Dec 30, 2009, 03:00 PM
    stopping hair line cracks in cement
    I have a 12x 8' patio concrete slab it has a hairline crack and growing slowly. My neighbor sad that if I put a small hole at the end of the crack it would stop the crack going any further.
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    Dec 31, 2009, 01:31 PM

    Your neighbor is wrong. Hairline cracks in concrete are almost 100% normal, all concrete cracks a little.
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