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NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003
Using concrete for houses has been the default for over 50 years here. in the early days a big company made a huge mistake that caused the rebar to eat itself up in 20-30 years. Even those houses that opted not to have it repaired are still standing. It will probably be fine.
Houses built in the 50's and 60's to replace the houses lost in WW2 used a lot of cheap concrete and i haven't heard of any houses being scrapped because the concrete has gone bad. These all have a concrete pile foundation. So you're probably good for at least 75 years if you use 1960's building techniques. Just overdimension stuff a bunch and you should be good for 125 years (i am not a engineer though).

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