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by OdgeUK
Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:37 am
Forum: Concreting, Drives, Paths and Patios Forum
Topic: Getting a Light Coloured Mortar Mix for Slab Pointing
Replies: 4
Views: 3431

Re: Getting a Light Coloured Mortar Mix for Slab Pointing

Thought I'd provide a quick update on this. Due to the pandemic, any sort of Silver / Grey Builders or Plastering Sand has been out of stock. A friend had some, quite yellow, bags of regular building sand and a test mix at 1:4 showed this to be (as expected) very sandy coloured. Feeling desperate, I...
by OdgeUK
Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:15 am
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: Neat Mitre cuts on Kitchen Trim
Replies: 0
Views: 1959

Neat Mitre cuts on Kitchen Trim

Hi All I'm struggling to get a clean cut for the 45 degree joins on my Kitchen Trim / Edging. I borrowed a hand / manual mitre saw, but the results have been quite poor. corner2.jpg My friends own electric Chop Saws but all say that they are too heavy duty for this kind of job and are mainly used fo...
by OdgeUK
Thu May 14, 2020 12:48 pm
Forum: Concreting, Drives, Paths and Patios Forum
Topic: Getting a Light Coloured Mortar Mix for Slab Pointing
Replies: 4
Views: 3431

Re: Getting a Light Coloured Mortar Mix for Slab Pointing

I've noticed that you can get a "Grey Building Sand" which doesn't cost as much as 'Silver Sand'. Although it doesn't seem to be in stock at the usual places due to C19. I've got a feeling that this will be what I need. Doesn't matter if it's a darker grey than using Silver Sand or White C...
by OdgeUK
Thu May 14, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: Concreting, Drives, Paths and Patios Forum
Topic: Can I use Building Sand Instead of Sharp Sand for a Mortar Mix for Patio?
Replies: 2
Views: 12216

Re: Can I use Building Sand Instead of Sharp Sand for a Mortar Mix for Patio?

Everything I read, when I was doing my Patio, suggested that Sharp Sand was preferred, due to being stronger and less porous (thus less vulnerable to freeze/thaw over the winter). Ants really like burrowing into builder sand mixes as well apparently. Having said that, my friend who has done MANY mor...
by OdgeUK
Wed May 13, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: Concreting, Drives, Paths and Patios Forum
Topic: Getting a Light Coloured Mortar Mix for Slab Pointing
Replies: 4
Views: 3431

Getting a Light Coloured Mortar Mix for Slab Pointing

Hi All, I've recently completed laying a patio with light coloured cast-concrete slabs. These are on mortar bed made up of Cement and Sharp Sand. Now it comes to the pointing (the gaps are between 6-8mm) I had planned to use a 4:1 Builders Sand / Cement mix, knowing that the Grit Sand / Sharp Sand i...
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