Recent content by Spanglish

Hi Norcon, Of course you are right, because of the location of the property we had discounted this idea. Perhaps I could get your advice on this. We are 30-40 minutes from the nearest readymix supplier. The build is up in the mountains so once the readymix arrives it has to be then taken...

Hi all, Thanks for your replies. The concrete is for reinforced foundations and ring beams etc. The stone is crushed. What I can't understand is that we were aiming for C30 and din't even hit C25. The testing really proves nothing because the sample is taken from the mixer and not...

I am down in Spain trying to lay a foundation for a house extension. The building law in Spain requires that all structural concrete is sampled and tested. With this in mind we made a couple of test mixes which were sent away for testing. This mixes failed, with one coming in at C22 and the...