Mortar setting time
"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
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Osprey writes
On 29 Oct, 11:19, Tim Lamb wrote:
I am lifting the roof on an old pig farrowing barn to accommodate
a
furniture restorer.
The roof is heavy but can be moved in one piece. So far I have
raised
one side on Acrows and intend to lay two courses of brick to gain
the
height needed.
What is a reasonable time to wait before heavily loading fresh
brickwork? I am particularly nervous of any side thrust
encountered as I
start to jack up the other side.
regards
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Tim Lamb
I would leave it 48Hrs ... 24 Hrs is no problem if a simple daed
load,
but as you point out there is side thrust, and bricks not
particularly
strong in that direction.
use a good 3:1 mix and suitable bricks, deep frog frettons as a
minimum, laid frog up, and fully filled ... or engineering if you
have
them.
OK. The brickwork will be Flettons for the first course and
semi-engineering for the top. Basically because that is what I have
lying about the farm:-) I can easily wait 3 days as I also have to
fit a
wider door and re-plumb the electrical conduit.
regards
--
Tim Lamb
Tim,
Very temperature dependant: I've just laid 8 cu m of RC40 concrete and
it took two days in the current cold snap to 'not' take a finger
impression. Earlier in the year I laid a batch of the very same stuff
on a blazing hot day and we couldn't finish tamping before it set
solid (perhaps 1.5 hours from delivery)
Cement re-hydradtion (ie setting) is a chemical reaction and thus very
dependent on the temp. When it starts to go off though it is
exothermic - ie gives off heat.
AWEM
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