When it Comes to Concrete, Keep the Moisture at Bay
In my travels, I am constantly seeing concrete moisture problems due to the lack of a moisture retarder. I’ve been given a lot of reasons (excuses?) for this: “The water table was thought to be plenty deep.” “We are in an arid climate and we don’t need one.” “We use a capillary break and don’t need one.” “We never have specified one.” “We don’t know about ASTM F-710 requirements” and so on.
Let’s look at a few of these “reasons” in more depth.