How much material for capping wall
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millsy5
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How much material for capping wall

by millsy5 » Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:27 pm

Hi. I'm looking to lay some coping stones (7 of them) on a new wall that someone built for me. The wall is 6m long and 29cm wide.

Is there a calculator to work out how many 25kg bags of cement and 25kg bags of sand I need?

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Re: How much material for capping wall

by stoneyboy » Fri Oct 18, 2024 10:41 pm

Hi millsy5,
It depends on how thick you make the mortar layer but a 12.5kg bag of cement and 2 bags of building sand should be plenty. Do use plasticiser admixture to make mortar more workable and to extend its useable time.
Regards S

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