The Ultimate Guide to Mixing Concrete – Get Your Mix Right
As the industry moves towards more technical concrete, the information about on-site concreting is reducing. This article has my calculations for mixing concrete on-site by weight, volume and both. BS8500 sets out a minimum amount of cement in each Standard Prescribed Mixes: Approved Document A specifies that ST2 is the minimum for foundations. The mixes […]
The Quick & Easy – Mix Your Own Concrete Calculator
This concrete estimator is for knocking up concrete on site. The results are in 25kg bags of cement and 850kg or 25kg of all-in ballast. This is my first attempt at this, it’s not very pretty but then we don’t need it to be. I haven’t allowed for any shrinkage by adding water, but I […]