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Do you consider yolesworth as an authority ? Certainly.
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I have never seen it. They say they would prefer to use fresh water, if they could get it - the bulk do.
If he made that assertion, you would be surprised ? 76457
I would be certainly surprised if he advocated it for all work, For seawalls, harbour work &c. It would do for certain purposes.
But surely that kind of work is as important as the matter we are dealing with ?
In harbour work you get a great thickness of material, so that one is as important as the other.
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Yes, but dont you think that is all the more reason that it should be as strong as possible, and fresh water used ?
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And broken concrete you would have clean as possible ?
Yes, certainly, I would always do that. I would be very careful if I used salt water. For instance, if I used
soa sand, I would wash and cleanse it.
In order that it might be clean, and sharp ? Yes.
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