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    What Is Cold Joint in Concrete

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    Cold joints in concrete occur when a pour cannot be completed before the initial setting time of the concrete expires, leading to an interface between older and newer concrete. Cold joints should always be avoided but if they do occur, there are different treatments depending on the hardness of the older concrete: (1) If very green, place fresh concrete directly against the old and vibrate, (2) If hardened slightly, remove loose concrete and apply a rich mortar layer before vibrating fresh concrete, or (3) If very stiff, allow to harden fully and then treat as a construction joint.

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    What Is Cold Joint in Concrete

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    Cold joints in concrete occur when a pour cannot be completed before the initial setting time of the concrete expires, leading to an interface between older and newer concrete. Cold joints should always be avoided but if they do occur, there are different treatments depending on the hardness of the older concrete: (1) If very green, place fresh concrete directly against the old and vibrate, (2) If hardened slightly, remove loose concrete and apply a rich mortar layer before vibrating fresh concrete, or (3) If very stiff, allow to harden fully and then treat as a construction joint.

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    Cold joints in concrete occur when a pour cannot be completed before the initial setting time of the concrete expires, leading to an interface between older and newer concrete. Cold joints should always be avoided but if they do occur, there are different treatments depending on the hardness of the older concrete: (1) If very green, place fresh concrete directly against the old and vibrate, (2) If hardened slightly, remove loose concrete and apply a rich mortar layer before vibrating fresh concrete, or (3) If very stiff, allow to harden fully and then treat as a construction joint.

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    Cold joints in concrete occur when a pour cannot be completed before the initial setting time of the concrete expires, leading to an interface between older and newer concrete. Cold joints should always be avoided but if they do occur, there are different treatments depending on the hardness of the older concrete: (1) If very green, place fresh concrete directly against the old and vibrate, (2) If hardened slightly, remove loose concrete and apply a rich mortar layer before vibrating fresh concrete, or (3) If very stiff, allow to harden fully and then treat as a construction joint.

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    What is Cold Joint in Concrete?

    An advancing face of a concrete pour, which could not be covered by fresh


    concrete before expiry of initial setting time (due to an unscheduled
    stoppage or delay on account of breakdown in plant, inclement weather, low
    rate of placement or any other reason), is called a cold joint. The cold joints
    should always be avoided in concrete.

    Fig: Cold Joint in Concrete


    If, however, a cold joint is formed due to unavoidable reasons, the following
    procedure is adopted for treating it:
    a) If concrete is so green that it can be removed manually and if vibrators
    can penetrate the surface without much effort, fresh concrete can be placed
    directly against the old surface. The old concrete should be covered by fresh
    concrete as quickly as possible and the joint thoroughly and systematically
    vibrated.
    b) In case concrete has hardened a bit more than (a) but can still be easily
    removed by a light hand pick, the surface will be raked thoroughly and the
    loose concrete removed completely without disturbing the rest of the
    concrete in depth. A rich mortar layer 12 mm in thickness, is placed on the

    cold joint, fresh concrete is then placed on the mortar layer and the joint is
    thoroughly and systematically vibrated penetrating the vibrator deep into the
    old layer of concrete.
    c) In case the concrete at the joint has become so stiff that it cannot be
    remoulded and mortar or slurry does not rise inspite of extensive vibration,
    the joint is left to harden for at least 12 24 hrs. It is then treated as a
    regular construction joint, after cutting the concrete to required shape and
    preparing the surface.

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