Should we reinforce the screed with steel mesh or not? Alternatively, are there any other solutions? It’s an eternal dilemma whether to reinforce the floor slab concrete or not. My dear friend, Gabi Gulyás – one of the true gurus of screed preparation in Hungary – told me, “Levi, you don’t need a reinforcement mesh…
A common topic is the thickness of the floor slab concrete, and the answer is multifaceted. The floor slab concrete is the concrete layer in a building that provides a stable surface for receiving floor coverings. The floor slab concrete is typically made from a special type of concrete known as screed concrete. Screed concrete…
What can dry mix concrete be used for? Mainly for smaller concrete works, but we can also see construction sites where pallets of dry mix concrete are lined up. Dry mix concrete is a supporting product of our accelerated lifestyle. We want to achieve better results faster, whether in sports, our careers, or during renovations…
The story of a concreting job I have built twice in my life, but I have poured concrete many times. Determining the quantity of reinforcing steel, sourcing or preparing concrete has always been a challenge, along with transporting it to the site and incorporating it. During construction and renovation, numerous concrete works arise that do…
The weight of concrete steel mesh is an eternal topic during concrete work. We are not interested in finding out how many kilograms it will be on the ground, but rather because there are numerous tasks and hassles associated with it, so we need to know what to expect. However, there is a much simpler…
If you also have old concrete surfaces at home or want to create new ones, we’ll give you some tips to make home concrete repair easier and more durable. Concrete work is typically a task that we may legitimately consider whether we could do it ourselves at home from time to time. The answer: Yes!…
The ArmoTec macrofiber is a high tensile strength macrofiber made of polypropylene for static concrete. But what does this mean, and how can these tiny fibers match the strength of steel? You’ve probably heard that spider silk is so strong that if we could make a thread as thick as a finger from it, it…
According to scientific studies, yes. Numerous studies confirm that with the use of high-performance static macrofibers, such as ArmoTec, insanely strong concrete can be produced, capable of replacing steel reinforcement in certain areas. The studies reveal that not every concrete fiber is suitable for replacing steel reinforcement. The renowned research work of the Faculty of…
Fiber-reinforced concrete is not a recent invention. The history of fiber-reinforced materials dates back to ancient times when various animal or plant fibers were mixed into adobe to strengthen the resulting bricks. The first fiber-reinforced concrete was patented in 1874, initially using steel fibers. The modern invention of high-performance polypropylene fibers revolutionized concrete reinforcement. Concrete…
Fibre-reinforced composite materials have already proven themselves in numerous places around the world. Carbon fibre-reinforced plastics have significantly better properties than their steel-made ancestors. By now, they have taken the lead in the world of building high-end cars, and Formula 1 couldn’t even be imagined without them. Concrete is following the same path, but the…
