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DIY Concrete Pumpkin Idea for fall

2018/9/22Love these concrete pumpkins! I've been looking for something fun and different to create a new Fall vignette for the front porch. These are so unique and I can't wait to get my hands dirty! Thanks for the share. Oh! I'm all in on your idea for some flexible DIYs. Get price

How to make lightweight concrete using styrofoam

Lightweight concrete, also known as EPScrete (expanded polystyrene concrete), is a material widely used in the building of environmentally green homes. The substance is often made using small styrofoam balls as a lightweight aggregate instead of the crushed stone that is used in regular concrete. Get price

Lightweight Concrete Cladding

Dekko Concrete's ultra-light, custom cladding installs in minutes to transform your space. Check out our latest products. Our work turns heads for the quality and for the look it achieves by transforming spaces with concrete. Ultra Light: Dekko concrete is less than half the weight of regular concrete weighing only 3.5 pounds per square foot. Get price

Make Your Own Concrete Planters

Concrete planters are made using a small container and a large container as molds. How far you push in the interior container will affect the thickness of the walls of your finished concrete planter. Once finished, the foliage and bright blooms of your plants create vivid contrast with the textured gray container. Get price

Source: CIVIL ENGINEERING FORMULAS CHAPTER 5 CONCRETE

156 CHAPTER FIVE TABLE 5.1 Guides to Depth d of Reinforced Concrete Beam† Member d Roof and floor slabs l/25 Light beams l/15 Heavy beams and girders l/12–l/10 †l is the span of the beam or slab in inches (millimeters). The width of a beam should be at Get price

How to Make Lightweight Concrete

2010/2/24Lightweight concrete may not be as structurally sound as traditional concrete, but it can be useful in some projects where weight is more important than strength. To make this concrete, combine 8 parts cement, sand and lightweight aggregate with 5 parts water. Get price

4 Types of Modern Concrete Homes (Plus Costs, Pros,

Discover the 4 types of modern concrete homes that includes pros and cons of a concrete house, costs and siding options. In America, modern concrete homes are becoming very, very popular. This makes a lot of sense, especially since, according to Chemistry World Magazine, concrete is the most widely-used building material in the world. Get price

HomeMade Modern EP36 Concrete Bowl Lamp

Good luck making your own concrete bowl lamp and please email, tweet or hashtag photos to benuyeda, benhomemade-modern or #homemademodern. For more detailed instructions, dimensioned drawings and different variations of the project, check out our soon-to-be-released book. Get price

Flame Crete: Outdoor Kitchen Kits Outdoor Living Spaces

Flame Crete: leader in outdoor kitchen kits Flame Crete offers multiple outdoor living spaces products. Many homeowners find our Do-It-Yourself lightweight concrete panels to be the easy to build and durable. You can find kits for fire tables, fire pits and outdoor Get price

Factors Affecting Durability of Lightweight Concrete and

Lightweight concrete according to American code is defined as concrete that its air-dry density is smaller than 1810 Kg/m 3. The definition of lightweight concrete in other counties might slightly be different, for instance, according to Norway Code the concrete is Get price

Concrete Casting Products Colors Sealers Bag Mixes GFRC

Xtreme Series Lightweight Plus3 is 60% lighter than concrete. It's a high dose of vermiculite makes it an excellent fire resistant casting material. For a long time, people have loved the look of concrete but wished they could use it for certain architectural pieces without having to Get price

Can I make my own fiber reinforced concrete? : DIY

I want to make stuff with FRC (fiber reinforced concrete) but here where I live they don't sell it (I've looked). They do sell regular cement, and glass/polypropylene fibers separately, so I was wondering if it's possible to mix them on my own? I want to make furniture Get price

Concrete Block Molds : 7 Steps

Concrete Block Molds: I am going to show you how I made a concrete block. This block is my prototype. You can see the broken down mold in the background. This block is about 18 inches long x 10 inches at the base x 11 inches tall. It has a foam core inside Get price

Make your own mold for concrete Part 1 using silicone

2016/7/19Make your own mold for concrete, pour your own concrete objects, It's quite easy to do using this recipe for mold making material Knead it to have even texture and start to apply onto shape. You will need to flatten it and force it to wrap around the shape. You Get price

At Home with Precast Concrete

2018/3/21Todd Sternfeld, CEO of Superior Concrete Products, based in Euless, Texas, began watching the tiny home trend years ago. In 2016, after winning a Creative Use of Precast award from NPCA for its Cleburne Ranchette model, the company began marketing a line of Get price

Precast Concrete Walls and Wall Panel Systems

High Concrete Group LLC has introduced ThinCastTM, the thinnest precast concrete rainscreen panel available on the market. Designed for use in commercial, institutional, retail, and low- to high-rise construction, this innovation provides architects with the natural beauty and character of concrete in lightweight panels that accomplish their rainscreen design goals. Get price

Lightweight Concrete Cladding

Dekko Concrete's ultra-light, custom cladding installs in minutes to transform your space. Check out our latest products. Our work turns heads for the quality and for the look it achieves by transforming spaces with concrete. Ultra Light: Dekko concrete is less than half the weight of regular concrete weighing only 3.5 pounds per square foot. Get price

Make Your Own Concrete Planters

Concrete planters are made using a small container and a large container as molds. How far you push in the interior container will affect the thickness of the walls of your finished concrete planter. Once finished, the foliage and bright blooms of your plants create vivid contrast with the textured gray container. Get price

Foamed Lightweight Concrete

2013/6/10"Foamed concrete or lightweight concrete derived from Allied's aqueous foams are suitable for both precast and cast-in-place applications. Some of the highly insulative cementitious foams at densities 48 kg/m3(3 pcf) to 645 kg/m3(40 pcf) or higher can be used as block fills, lightweight roof deck and void-fill materials. Get price

How to make refractory concrete step by step 3+ quick to

3 simple refractory concrete recipes (also know heat resistant cement) for all your projects: furnaces/forges, pizza ovens you can make right now. Whether you are building an amazing pizza oven or a gorgeous and fully functioning fireplace to complete your Get price

How To Make Concrete Planters: Learn About DIY Cement

2018/10/25How to Make Concrete Planters Once you have a form for your DIY cement planters, you need the rest of the materials. Quick setting concrete will get your project finished more quickly but you can also use standard cement. Get price

How to make refractory concrete step by step 3+ quick to

3 simple refractory concrete recipes (also know heat resistant cement) for all your projects: furnaces/forges, pizza ovens you can make right now. Whether you are building an amazing pizza oven or a gorgeous and fully functioning fireplace to complete your Get price

DIY Concrete Crafts

DIY concrete crafts are inexpensive, easy to mix, and versatile – the perfect combination for DIY projects! Add some flair to your home or on your patio with these cool, quick projects you'll enjoy! 21 DIY Concrete Crafts | Must-Try Projects At Home Lately, I have Get price

Refractory concrete mixing recipe

Refractory concrete mixture ingredients recipe for mixing by hand and concrete in building pizza ovens. How to make heat resistant concrete type for buildig wood fired pizza ovens and similar applications where heat and heating is present. Heat differences in Get price

DIY Gigantic Concrete Leaf Orb

2018/7/20The Concrete Mix: As you know I love to use Rapidset Cementall but since it was a Quikcrete contest I needed to use their product; Fastset All-crete. (may be under a different name in the US) I know it can get confusing when choosing a mix so I've made a post here to help you. Get price

Lightweight concrete

Lightweight concrete can be specified using the notation LC for the strength class, e.g LC30/33, which denotes a lightweight concrete with a cylinder strength of 30MPa and a cube strength of 33MPa. The lighter the concrete, the greater are the differences to be accounted for in the properties of the concrete. Get price

Advantages and Disadvantages of Lightweight Concrete

2020/6/29Lightweight Concrete Solutions of Etobicoke, Ontario are an excellent example of the promising and successful use of lightweight concrete on the jobsite. Founded by Director Chris Calvin in 2015, they are the industry leader of lightweight concrete, and their focus is on developing the highest quality products for their clients. Get price