New slabs-on-ground crack when tensile stresses from restrained shrinkage exceed the concrete's strength. This type of early-age cracking occurs during the first few days of the slab's life and is ...

Dear Jerry: We purchased a condo/townhouse in 2008, a new build in Greece. These are constructed four units to a building without basements and on a concrete slab. The flooring in the kitchen, storage ...

Q. Cracks are beginning to appear in the floors of our new home. The tile was laid directly on the concrete slabs of the subfloor. The day after the slabs were poured, the concrete block walls were ...