Pole-barn slabs

Pole-barn slabs, new and old, and what to settle before coating.

Slabs in pole and post-frame buildings around Kiel are often poured years after the building went up, with a thin edge, late-cut control joints or no vapor barrier underneath. Each of those changes how a coating should be approached.

A new slab needs time to cure before we coat it, and we tell you how long we want to wait. For an older slab, tell us its age and condition. A coating does not hide settling or cracking, so we say what we would repair first and what we would leave alone.