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Over my bath I have wall-mounted mixer taps with shower-hose attachment. Nothing unusual in that but the taps are 160mm apart rather than the normal nowadays of 150mm. The elbows are tiled and cemented in so I'd rather not have to change those. I can't find any so does anyone know if...

I do not know what you mean by a fluff sound. But I was putting 10 shovels of bales in the barrow and two shovels sprinkeled over the top. Then I would turn over with the shovel till mixed. Then I would make a well in the middle and add about a pint and a half, then drag the outers into the...

Your teacher was a fool or incompetant. "Correct" for what? Concrete comes in myriad forms for myriad applications. We can vary the strength, how quickly it gains that strength. how easy it is to place, its density. We vary the mix to suit the size of the element we're casting. A mass...

I was taught that the correct mix is 1 cement, 2 sand, 3 (20mm) stone. If you use ready mixed ballast then for best you need to mix large quantities. If wish a weaker mix (i.e. a little cement then an extra 1/2 measure of both sand and stone but NO weaker) As for the right amount of water I go...

Rent a cement mixer, you won't regret it. It's not expensive and fits in any car with back seats down, so you can pick it up.

if youve got a powerful cordless drill or small kango you can use a mixing paddle for the mortar anything down to freezing is fine -even a bit below freezing at night is ok if well covered with hessian etc

...in London with on/off unpredictable showers. The week ahead seems to be good weather (no rain). As I am doing the work alone without a cement mixer for a garden of about 5.5 x 4.5m and have maybe 4 hours to spare daily. Is the current weather a good time to be laying slabs given it can get...

We've had some building work done and it's been very tricky to get the contractor back to do the final bits of snagging/clean up. One such job was the removal of some cement staining on the drive where the mixer had been positioned. Never mind, a job well within my DIY competence (or so I...

Yeah I contemplated on hiring a cement mixer would be around £70 a week where I am. However now its been raining half the week so wouldn't be able to get full use, not to mention I wouldn't be able to fully utilise it anyway as I am taking my time complete beginner. Fair enough, I'm not too...

I'm doing the same. I hired a cement mixer for £40 a week but took it back. I now use a Aldi £30 paddle mixer in a yellow Wickes tub. 4 buckets of sharp sand and and just under one cement. Just easier than a cement mixer which was 6 buckets of sand and cement. Slashed everywhere. Hard work...

I own a Erbauer paddle mixer and have previously used it to mix loads of soil cement buckets with small chunks of hardcore and it mixes very well. It has a variable speed setting. I am going to need to mix mortar for a full cement bed for laying my slabs about 25m2 will be doing this across...

...will sit proud of block paving by 20mm. Plan: Remove shrub roots Continue to excavate to 190mm depth Build shuttering Rent whacker, cement mixer and concrete float Lay 100mm MOT Type 1 and whack down Lay 10mm Blinding Sand and whack down Fit DPM Cut & fit rebar and spacers Mix, pour and...

Don't need a cement mixer with hardwall. Easier to apply. Faster to complete job as you can get straight on it with multi finish.

I looked into this myself , but got mixed reviews.

Pro's do the same. We fill the big blue water drum every time.

...that putting water into mixer using the hose pipe slowed the process down as the water flow was slow. So I put a plastic dustbin next to Cement mixer and had hose continuously filling the bin. When I needed water I could dump a bucket into the dustbin, instantly filling it with water and then...

I'm trying to transport a big old mixer and it would be easier if it can come apart. I'll add a picture of it. The electrical tape I've put on it is where id like to pull it (along with the drum) away from the motor. If I do that does it come apart easily and go back easily or could it create...

As noseall said, the initial set starts as soon as the water mixes with the OPC. It's normally 12-24 hours before it reaches it's final set, and then it starts hardening. It's tested at 28 days, as it's reached most of it's strength by then, but will continue over the years to get harder. In...

...never cures properly. Strength is very low and you find the concrete in the middle is still powder. Bite the bullet and rent/borrow a cement mixer! There is a concrete patch product made for this approach, though. I used it a year back, bought from either Wickes or B&Q. The aggregate is...

Go for it. Chuck in any old bags of cement you have lying around too. Concrete is a great way to use up scabby bits of cementitious stuff; my garden walls are sat on a right old mix of out of date plaster, grout, board adhesive, concrete cobble off cuts, general hardcore, brick/tile, /glass...