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    Mixing concrete formula

    Hello All

    I have a quick question
    I know that the mix for concrete is 3 gravel 2 sand 1 cement
    the question is this
    Is this based on weight or volume

    thanks for your help I'm sure this is writen somewhere just can't find it

    ken
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    Ken,

    I could be wrong but I think it's based on volume. I've seen Tommy on TOH instruct Kevin to use a shovel 3 parts, 2 parts, 1 part.
    Ken

    So much to learn, so little time.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenneth Hertzog View Post
    Hello All

    I have a quick question
    I know that the mix for concrete is 3 gravel 2 sand 1 cement
    the question is this
    Is this based on weight or volume

    thanks for your help I'm sure this is writen somewhere just can't find it

    ken
    Ken.
    I have a pdf from the Portland Cement Institute on concrete ratios but cannot upload this pdf to the forum because it is too large.
    Last edited by Chuck Wintle; 06-30-2008 at 9:15 AM. Reason: add info

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    My dad used 3 shovels gravel 2 shovels sand and one shovel of cement. His formula worked fine.
    David B

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    Page 1 on making concrete
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    Cement

    Charles
    thank you for the page it will be very helpful.
    I have a three point hitch cement mixer
    it will mix .8 yrd was wondering which is better
    that page describes it very well
    ken
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    A local fellow here told me that when building a stone wall that I need to get the thermal properties of the mortar about the same as the stones and the only way to do that was to use more sand and less cement. LOTS more sand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Otherwise the mortar will separate from the stone in the first few winters.

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    Brick mortar does always seem very "sandy". Of course being lazy, I would just pick up a bag of premixed brick mortar and not try to mix myself!

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