how much mortar do i need?

[AstonHill]

I had a look a Jewsons web site and for a 25KG bag of Cement thy dont tell me the area it covers

So if I want 1 part cement; 2 part sand; and 4 part agregates
And i am filling 4 windows up with a total of 1013109 cubic cm, any ideas please on how much matirial to buy?

Thanks

 

[robinbanks]

A million cc is 1 cubic metre. 1 cube of concrete weighs about 2.4 tonnes. On a 1:1:2:4 with ratio that's about 300kg of cement, 300kg of water, 600kg of sand and 1.2tonnes of aggregate

ps; is it really that volume? Have you 4 windows that are approximately 1m x 1m, walls 250mm thick plus insulation??

 

[Jurassicspark]

You're better off not buying any.

 

[Charlie George]

The normal method is using brick/block

 

[Mottie]

One million, thirteen thousand, one hundred and nine cubic centimetres. Are you sure about that? Just get a metre of ready mixed delivered.

 

[Notch7]

Don’t you like windows?


are you centimetres just to confuse us? (I know it’s seems a bit odd, but mms and metres are the recommended units of linear measurement rather than the cm)

 

[Mottie]

The normal method is using brick/block

Bailiffs can smash through them and get him out though.

 

[robinbanks]

Just get a metre of ready mixed delivered.

But then you've got to run round like a blue horse fly loading 2 and a half tons of concrete into shuttered portholes quick quick before it goes off and paying waiting charge if you're too slow. That may be a big ask. Mixing yourself means you can take a bit more time at it

I'm all for ready mix in a slab, but hoisting it to a height.. needs thinking about

 

[Mottie]

But then you've got to run round like a blue horse fly loading 2 and a half tons of concrete into shuttered portholes quick quick before it goes off and paying waiting charge if you're too slow. That may be a big ask. Mixing yourself means you can take a bit more time at it

I'm all for ready mix in a slab, but hoisting it to a height.. needs thinking about

He's got the other squatters to help him.

 

[Notch7]

The normal method is using brick/block

nah, who needs those silly blocks that are self supporting….vertical concreting is the way forward.

 

[robinbanks]

vertical concreting is the way forward

ICF FTW

Until ya get greedy with the amount you can pour in the day and burst the base

 

[AstonHill]

A million cc is 1 cubic metre. 1 cube of concrete weighs about 2.4 tonnes. On a 1:1:2:4 with ratio that's about 300kg of cement, 300kg of water, 600kg of sand and 1.2tonnes of aggregate

ps; is it really that volume? Have you 4 windows that are approximately 1m x 1m, walls 250mm thick plus insulation??

I just messured the windows and times by 3 and added them up
But its the inside frames of one large window, 2 medium and one small

 

[AstonHill]

The normal method is using brick/block

I though pouring cement into them sanwitched by a board would be easyest and cheapest as not sure if room for blocks

 

[JohnD]

I though pouring cement into them sanwitched by a board would be easyest and cheapest as not sure if room for blocks

Just to check here

Are you serious?

 

[AstonHill]

1 cube of concrete weighs about 2.4 tonnes.

is that not wet with the weight of water

ps; is it really that volume? Have you 4 windows that are approximately 1m x 1m, walls 250mm thick plus insulation??

more then likely slightly less then a square meter and about 13-18cm thick