Mortar mix properties

[camerart]

1 bag cement and 4 bags building sand(from B+Q) will do 72 bricks.

Hi All,
I was on the wrong side of town for B&Q, so I went into Homebase. 1x bag of cement with a hole, and no sand.

Next Travis Perkins, I asked the how much. One chap said 5 and 1 another said 10 and 2. I bought 10 and 2. I think they'll take any I don't use back, or I'll keep it for a rainy day

Knowing my stamina, is variable, I'm not as young as I used to be. It's best for me to mix a little, and see how I get on, then if I get the bit between my teeth, keep going. So a mixer will be over complicating things.

Cheers, C.

 

[23vc]

10?!

 

[Leofric]

when I can only use a bucket of muck anyway

I thought the correct technical term was gobbo.

 

[camerart]

10?!

!0:2
C

 

[camerart]

Hi,
I've been hearing building noises from two doors up, so I knocked and asked if they have a mixer? Yes, it's now mixing my cement Now I can mix it properly, and it's perfect, although it was hot yesterday, so it was going off quickly.

Both of the concrete tops were pushed off (kids/drunks), so they weren't stuck on properly. How do I stick them on?
C

 

[23vc]

10:2 is the same as 5:1
You could try sticking the coping down with a cement and SBR slurry, if you don’t think you can bed them normally.

 

[camerart]

10:2 is the same as 5:1
You could try sticking the coping down with a cement and SBR slurry, if you don’t think you can bed them normally.

Hi 2,
I read your ! as 1.

I'm hoping to finish today, and I don't know what SBR is, I have PVA, would that work?

C

 

[23vc]

It might do, but why can’t you bed them normally?

 

[camerart]

It might do, but why can’t you bed them normally?

Hi 2,
They had both been knocked off, so I think the concrete may not be 'sticky', the're next, so I'll add a bit of PVA, and wait till I see them on the floor again.
C

 

[23vc]

Just adding pva to the mix won’t work. It’s possible to ‘glue’ them down using sbr/pva neat mix with cement, troweled on in a thin layer. Not really sure if it’s appropriate for your wall though. It’s sometimes done to fix loose paving slabs.

 

[^woody^]

Just use mortar. Wet both surfaces and remove all the dust. Thats worked for thousands of years before PVA or SBR was invented.

 

[camerart]

Hi,

Job done! I'm ****kered, another technical term.

I used PVA on the Coping, (damped down first, it's sunny) and bedded them down normally.

I used more than 4:1, but it would have been correct if my other neighbour didn't have a bucket, and I didn't waste so much.

Thanks all for your help.
C

 

[Leofric]

Yes, it's now mixing my cement

Mortar Cement + sand + water = mortar just saying

 

[camerart]

Mortar Cement + sand + water = mortar just saying

Hi L,
Amateurs!
C