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- Help with Exposed Aggregate Concrete Patio - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Hi DIY, I just moved into a house that has a rough exposed aggregate concrete patio (150 square feet) It's awful to walk around on I'm considering the following DIY remedies, but if anyone has tried to smooth out aggregate (literary I can almost pick out the rocks - it's original from 1971)
- Concrete, crushed aggregate, or soil? What to fill post. . .
Concrete, crushed aggregate, or soil? What to fill post hole with Jump to Latest 1 1K views 7 replies 7 participants last post by kip pete Aug 13, 2024 K
- New French Drain System: #57 or #4 crushed stone
In the aggregate industry, gravel is a natural product created by natural forces Crushed stone, of course, is produced by mechanical rock crushing equipment I'm told that crushed stone is a better option because the squared edges create more gaps and the rounded edges of natural gravel creates smaller gaps
- Drilling Exposed Aggregate? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Last time I did it over exposed aggregate at a friends house the bit wanted to walk like crazy which made it very hard to drill accurately Anyway to more precisely drill these? I will be drilling 52 holes in this exposed aggregate so the more accurate the better I do have a roto hammer as well, the issues is not my tool is the bit itself walking on the aggerates before it starts to actually
- Pouring Concrete against Existing concrete - DIY Home Improvement Forum
If you're pouring concrete to extend from existing concrete, do you have to put a divider in between the new and existing?
- Repairing exposed aggregate steps - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Hi New to the forum Our front door step which is made of exposed aggregate has developed a full length crack and at one end is starting to see some larger pieces of concrete chipping away Having done a number of searches on the internet, I think I have a rough idea of how to fix exposed
- buffing exposed aggregate | DIY Home Improvement Forum
The aggregate was exposed after the retarder pressure washing It almost seems too much of the concrete was removed, leaving more of the small pebbles exposed above the concrete thus, a bumpy surface
- concrete from mortar - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Anytime you mix cement and aggregate, the more surface area of the aggregate you have, the more cement that is required to coat all of the particles and tie them together The extra cement requires extra water to make mortar more usable It is difficult to compare mortar with concrete because they are designed to do different things
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