Home Improvement > Building MaterialsSeptember 16, 2009

Making Your Own Concrete

Would anyone have the ingredients to make homemade builders mix, aka, concrete? Thanks Thrifty Fun for this fabulous site. Cheers.

By Thil from Wellington, New Zealand

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09/18/2009

Got this from a UK DIY TV Show:-))
Concrete Mixtures

For Bedding Bricks
4 sharp sand
2 soft sand
1 cement
2 caps of mortar plasticyser gives longer before setting

Grouting Mixture
2 sharp sand
2 soft sand
1 cement

For a concrete Base
4 coarse gravel
2 sand
1 cement

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