matthyde83 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Estimates are calculating we need about 36 tonnes of mortar for our whole build. Builder has recommended looking into a mortar silo rather than mixing on site. thoughts?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I would get tubs, delivered fresh every 3-4 days, unless you have 10 brickies on site a silo will sit there for weeks before it’s used. But obviously phone up and look at quantities and find out how much they will use a day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 A mixer is also fine We used 40 ton of sand on our last and probably more on our next Silo would be overkill and a very expensive option 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthyde83 Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 4 hours ago, nod said: A mixer is also fine We used 40 ton of sand on our last and probably more on our next Silo would be overkill and a very expensive option Doing some ringing around I think you're right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 hours ago, matthyde83 said: Doing some ringing around I think you're right! This may help buy a mixer for under a thousand Sell on for about the same when finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 9 hours ago, matthyde83 said: Estimates are calculating we need about 36 tonnes of mortar for our whole build. Builder has recommended looking into a mortar silo rather than mixing on site. thoughts?? that is a significant amount of mortar - what are you building ..?! Doubt you’ll get a silo (they are hens teeth unless you’re building an estate) and you have to constantly use the contents over a 2 week period or you get issues. 9 hours ago, Russell griffiths said: would get tubs, delivered fresh every 3-4 days +1 to this, easy and consistent and once you’ve got 3 or 4 tubs in circulation you’ll find they fly through it. It’s also a very quiet and mess free way as no mixing on site and there are no cement bags everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthyde83 Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 18 hours ago, PeterW said: that is a significant amount of mortar - what are you building ..?! Doubt you’ll get a silo (they are hens teeth unless you’re building an estate) and you have to constantly use the contents over a 2 week period or you get issues. +1 to this, easy and consistent and once you’ve got 3 or 4 tubs in circulation you’ll find they fly through it. It’s also a very quiet and mess free way as no mixing on site and there are no cement bags everywhere. Hmmmm... builder said he thought 36 tonnes. My estimate is showing 168 bags of cement and 18 bulk bags of building sand. Doesn't add up to 36 tonnes does it? Building 5 bed detached, 250sqm ish. Will look into tubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassanclan Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Your builder may have used an online calculator for mortar, which includes the weight of water in the mortar, you are only looking at the dry material weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, matthyde83 said: Building 5 bed detached, 250sqm ish. brick and block ..? 2 storey..? Gables ..?? Square ..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthyde83 Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, PeterW said: brick and block ..? 2 storey..? Gables ..?? Square ..? brick and block, 2 storey, hipped with 6 dormers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassanclan Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 6 dormers suggests its 1.5 storey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 16 hours ago, matthyde83 said: Hmmmm... builder said he thought 36 tonnes. My estimate is showing 168 bags of cement and 18 bulk bags of building sand. Doesn't add up to 36 tonnes does it? Building 5 bed detached, 250sqm ish. Will look into tubs. unless you have a min of 5 brickies on site just use a mixer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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