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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.  

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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.

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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.

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