Wire the perimeter rebar ... slab down the middle and fill the halves on different days to reduce the amount of concrete you’ll have to finish at one time. Remove the divider before pouring ...

Patio or pool deck. Here, pouring a concrete slab 4 inches in thickness is fine. While you may choose to reinforce it with rebar, wire mesh should be sufficient. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

In what’s become almost an annual rite of passage, concrete contractors at various industry conferences show me “war wounds” that have resulted from wire mesh and rebar (reinforcement bars).