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oil pan 4 · 05-19-17, 01:12 PM

I was thinking about the addition of steel to concrete.
So I decided to weigh my stucco mesh to see what adding it to a wall would total out to be.
One yard of concrete poured into a 4 inch form gives you a total of 81 square feet of wall.
1 square foot of stucco mesh gives you 3.1 ounces of steel.
So one layer or stucco mesh spread over 81 square feet is almost 16 pounds.
If 2 layers of mesh are added to the wall forms and the concrete poured in that gives you 31 to 32 pounds of steel per yard.
Military grade is 30lb per yard.
So that should be quite sufficient.

05-19-17, 01:12 PM	#3
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	I was thinking about the addition of steel to concrete. So I decided to weigh my stucco mesh to see what adding it to a wall would total out to be. One yard of concrete poured into a 4 inch form gives you a total of 81 square feet of wall. 1 square foot of stucco mesh gives you 3.1 ounces of steel. So one layer or stucco mesh spread over 81 square feet is almost 16 pounds. If 2 layers of mesh are added to the wall forms and the concrete poured in that gives you 31 to 32 pounds of steel per yard. Military grade is 30lb per yard. So that should be quite sufficient.