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    Aug 22, 2012, 12:30 PM
    How to lay horizontal rebar in a cinder block root cellar.
    I want to build an 8'x8' root cellar with cinder block. I will place 1/2" rebar vertically every other hole (one per block). Can I lay 3/8" rebar horizontally between courses of cinder block, since I want a 3/8" morter joint anyway?
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    Aug 26, 2012, 05:00 AM
    Welcome to AMHD.

    I am not a mason but have done a lot of block work.

    If u use same rebar as motar joint, u will weaken the holding power of the mortar because the block will actually be seating on the rebar.

    Need a larger joint or smaller rebar.

    Chuck
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