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Please try again later. http://books.gregvan.com/patio_books.htm Most of the time, a thicker concrete patio slab is going to give you less problems in the future than a thinner one. If you had a 2 inch thick concrete patio slab on expansive soil, you can plan on it cracking and possibly splitting in the future.If you poured a 6 inch thick concrete patio slab on a non-expansive soil, you might not have any problems in the future.I'm using the word might not, because I've seen 6 inch thick patio slabs with large cracks and I've seen 3 1/2 inch thick patio slabs, without even one hairline crack in it.Watch this video for more information about concrete patio slab thickness and reinforcement tips.lease try again later. http://books.gregvan.com/patio_books.htm Most of the time, a thicker concrete patio slab is going to give you less problems in the future than a thinner one. If you had a 2 inch thick concrete patio slab on expansive soil, you can plan on it cracking and possibly splitting in the future.
Many concrete countertop makers do not understand reinforcing, and they make their slabs too thick, 2 inches or more, to compensate for their lack of confidence in their concrete. There is no need to make precast concrete more than 1.5â³ thick, if you understand how to reinforce it properly.