A common shortcut on residential and light commercial work, especially for sill anchor bolts and slab dowels, where items are stabbed into the fresh concrete during finishing. It risks voids around the item, poor alignment and bars that miss their marks. Many specifications forbid it for structural embeds or require the inspector's approval and proper vibration around each piece.
No wet setting the hold-down bolts on this one, the inspector wants them in templates before the first truck shows.
Also heard as
- wet-setting
- stabbing
- wet-sticking
Related terms
Embeds
Steel plates, anchor bolts, sleeves and inserts cast into concrete for connections made later.
Dowel
A smooth steel bar across a slab joint that transfers load while letting the joint open and close.
Consolidation
Working fresh concrete, usually by vibration, so it fills the form completely and releases trapped air.