Meeting fiber-reinforced concrete
In 2018, I encountered macrofiber structural concrete for the first time. This product was named Eco Fiber. Before that, I didn’t even know that fiber-reinforced concrete existed.
At first, I couldn’t believe that it could do everything they claimed.
However, it kept coming back to me, again and again, and wouldn’t let me rest on the matter.
I’ve built twice in my life, and I’ve poured concrete many times.
Concrete reinforcement mesh prevents concrete from cracking during setting and significantly increases its tensile strength.
Procuring concrete reinforcement mesh used to not be a big challenge; rather, it was the hassle it caused:
- Go to the hardware store, buy it,
- somehow take it home (there were times when we rolled it up and then couldn’t straighten it out)
- Unpack and place it at home, keeping it in place with spacers
- During concreting, we would sometimes trample the thin mesh, and the thick one didn’t make our job any easier
- After setting, if drilling was needed, we easily hit steel, and that was the end of the show.
That’s why I started looking into what macrofiber structural concrete can do. Fiber-reinforced concrete has many uses.
I learned that these concrete tasks can replace the use of concrete reinforcement mesh:
- Engineered concrete
- Slab foundation for lightweight structures, garages
- Base concrete
- Sidewalk
- Driveway
- Patio
- Pergola
- Pavement concrete
- Ground-level stairs
- Basements, pool bottoms
- Precast concrete elements
However, procuring macrofibers was not straightforward. I couldn’t find a distributor where I could simply place an order and have them delivered within a short timeframe.
Therefore, I decided to establish this possibility on a national level.
It’s been four years since then. Since then, we have become much more familiar with fiber-reinforced concrete, and we distribute products from several manufacturers:
- ArmoTec
- Eco Fiber
- Mapefibre ST42
By clicking on the product names, you’ll be directed to the respective product websites, where you can even place orders in as little as 2 minutes.
In this article, I write about the advantages of using macrofiber structural concrete over concrete reinforcement mesh: The advantages of fiber-reinforced concrete
Levente Siposs
Renovation Expert
Committed supporter of sustainable renovations
