ripping up old carpet::Even near brand new slabs will crack from the slightest amount of settling ripping up old carpet

ripping up old carpet

ripping up old carpet

ripping up old carpet::Even near brand new slabs will crack from the slightest amount of settling.
Concrete has immense strength under compression but has extremely poor tensile strength.
It has great tensile strength.
Edit: and a slab has absolutely nothing to do with the structural integrity of the house.
Then you pour the slab.
It moves independently from the rest of the house.
Measures are even taken to ensure none of the concrete from the slab will bond to the concrete of the foundation.
ripping up old carpet::Quite often the glue will have crystallized over
time and the carpet will basically just roll up ripping up old carpet