6 Responses to Concrete

1. margo_170 on 2007-06-28 07:52:41.682888

   What will you be using it for, Liz? It varies per application. cement/sand/aggregate & water?

2. georgette_90 on 2007-06-28 06:39:15.370639

   I used this a LONG time ago and it worked just dandy. I had to look it up cause I didn't remember which was 1, 2 and 3. lol Kathie

3. deidre_17 on 2007-06-28 23:55:17.163559

   Hi all....just finished pouring a foundation for a bathroom addition..what a pain in the..back..lol. Being in NY, ya gotta be at least 3' under the ground. The company that poured the concrete did a great job BUT the guy we hired to do the cinder blocks for the crawl space really screwed it up. It wasn't square or level. We ended up tearing it down...the blocks came off pretty easily since the guy made the mortor too dry...and then we did it ourselves. It was the first time either of us had ever done any kind of concrete work. I must say..it actually turned out real well. The hardest part is mixing the mortor to the right consistancy. Personally, if I NEVER have to work with concrete again it will be too soon.

4. margo_170 on 2007-06-29 09:55:03.527574

   I hear ya'! Hubby and I used concrete blocks for our whole basement ( 8' x 30' x 40') I say never again! He says he would. I think if he is serious, he will be doing it on his own! Laurean in Iowa

5. houston_180 on 2007-06-30 05:57:09.587840

   Hi Everyone.. My family and I are doing a project in our front yard with a quikrete mold... The only problem is...... the bags of quikrete are expensive... Can anyone tell how we can make concrete?? does anyone have the formula..Maybe.. we can buy the sand and etc.. whatever else it needs.. I'm sure it would be much more inexpensive. If anyone can help. Thanks in Advance. Sylvia

6. peterson180 on 2007-06-30 10:49:12.794745

   Concrete is one part Portland cement, two parts sand and three parts half-inch rock. It's actually 2.2 parts sand, but unless you're mixing a lot of concrete at one time you usually can't get the 0.2 part so everyone doing small jobs just uses two parts sand and their projects work fine. (A cubic foot of concrete contains 10 shovelfuls of Portland cement, 22 of sand and 30 of rock.) It's normally measured in the fine and exacting system called "shovelfuls." Get a shovel and scoop up as much Portland cement as it will hold. Throw that in the mixing device (either a mortar tub or a cement mixing machine--don't use a bucket because you can never get it all stirred in) then add the two shovelfuls of sand and three shovelfuls of rock. This sounds crude, but unless you're building a project that calls for super-exacting properties (like, say, the floor of a Home Depot) it's more than good enough; concrete is reasonably forgiving. -- --jmowreader

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