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What is a Control Joint?

  • Anthony Seitz
  • May 22
  • 1 min read

Contraction joints can either be cut by hand or with a saw. These joints separate concrete slabs into squares or rectangles to help control cracks

  • Tooled Joints: Created manually while the concrete is still wet using a specialized hand tool.

  • Saw-Cut Joints: Cut into the concrete using a diamond-tipped masonry saw

    after the concrete has hardened

 
 
 

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