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Originally Posted by Astrodude
Thanks for the tips Chris & Mark.
I've got some time off work coming up and am hoping to get a lot of this stuff done. What places sell reo bar? I don't think I've seen it at bunnings - but then I can rarely find what I want there without asking. I imagine junkyards sell stuff that is starting rust. Can you buy it in rods or do you have to buy a mesh and an angle grinder to take it apart?
Also Chris, I can't quite make out from your photos how you connected the bits to make up your cage, did you weld them together or can you use wire?
Thanks again, Trav.
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To connect the reo just use tie wire which can be bought in roles from your steel supplier. Be careful if you weld as the steel is tempered core. Over here we have several suppliers, aquilla, smorgan ARC, Midalia steel etc. Reo will always have a little lite rust (surface) but do not use anything that has obvious deep scale as it will keep on rusting inside the concrete and this will expand and cause cracks. You should be able to buy pre-bent Reo or get them to bend it for you if you are not confident to do it yourself. Reo generally comes in 6m lengths unless the supplier has some short off cuts lying around.
Mark