Vertical Rebar and Dowels 1

[EIT2]

Can vertical rebar extend into the footing to serve also as dowels, thus, eliminating one step in the fabrication process? Why or why not?

Would this force too high of a load "into" the near bottom of the footing, as opposed to being distributed more onto the top of the footing?

Thank you!

 

[jheidt2543]

This is done quite often. Really, the only reason for the dowels is construction effeciency so that vertical bars can be spliced. Standing a 8' or longer bar in a footing is not that easy and if you are using block on the footing, the mason would have "thread" the block over the bar. Dowels are just quicker.

A correctly spliced bar carries the same load.