The roof should require about 5 000 pounds of cement for an 8 x 8 cellar.
Some much rebar tp put in cellar roof.
He put some rebar in the tall section spaced about 2 apart for the verticals and 2 or three courses horizontally in addition to the course running around the top.
It s not great for tensile strength unless it has reinforcing in it such as rebar.
If you do use the rebar in the block and it s tied into the base and roof use grout in the cells or at the largest concrete made from pea gravel.
Rebar strength is in tension so by adding rebar to bottom of foundation it counter acts the load of compression.
That is 2 74 sq feet 5000 2 74 equals 1824 lbs per sq feet.
If the root cellar is dug into the ground on all four sides you still have to daylight the french drain.
A weak concrete has a compression strength of 3000 lbs most do not failure till 4000 5000 lbs.
It has a foot print of four tires about 10 inches by 10 inches time 4.
The seriousness depends on the location and other factors.
Resulting in cracks weaken foundations and slabs as well as leaks in basement walls.
It is not unusual for chunks of concrete to fall off or spall exposing rebar.
A car weight about 5000lb.
Although concrete is a very durable material and is great for supporting huge amounts of weight.
Concrete rebar calculator plan view diagram round measurements to 1 32 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 running bar points length left to right.
Contractors sometimes use the 1 8 rule meaning the size of the rebar is 1 8 the thickness of the slab.
I backfilled the outside of the deep section to about 6 8 from the top last fall and will bring it up a couple more feet as soon as i can get my dad to bring over some more dirt and his bulldozer.
This will cement the rebar into place.
To give your roof extra strength frame the roof with cement blocks bend the ends of the rebar into them and pour cement into the openings.
Rebar in patios basement floors footings and driveways may vary from size 3 to 6.
Rusting and exposed rebar can reduce the structural strength of concrete.
Pour the remaining cement all across the roof until you can no longer see any of the rebars.
It create a bending of the slab.