Fed up with the amount of dust coming off the floor, so sealed with PVA(Get it from Color’i a chain of art shops, cheaper than Brico Depot) , and painted with Castorama floor paint, 14 Euros a tin, coverage not quite as much as it says on the tin!
Posts Tagged ‘concrete’
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Concrete Floor Paint
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Concreting the barn floor
Friday, July 10th, 2009During the wait for the concrete to arrive, a few worse case scenarios are discussed, the worst of these being that the concrete conveyor would not reach the back of the barn and we would have to move it from half way inside to the rear wall, so a shoot was constructed from some corrugated [...]
Preparing for the concrete floor
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009It’s a lot easier to get the water in and sewage out of the barn under the doorway than digging under wall. I have also added a red plastic cable protector so that the electric could enter below the door if necessary. The steel grid is not really required because the floor is not load [...]
Mixer Mounted Concrete Conveyor Belts – Not Pumps!
Sunday, June 21st, 2009One cubic metre of concrete weighs around 2.4 tonnes. That equates to about 20 wheelbarrow loads per cubic metre. If you need to move 6 cubic metres of concrete (a full mixer truck) – that’s 120 wheel barrow loads. The chemical reaction that takes place within a concrete mix begins as soon as the cement [...]
Installing a concrete floor with damp proof membrane in a stone barn
Monday, May 25th, 2009Polystyrene foam, Kingspan or Celotex can go either above or below the concrete slab, 10% of heat in a building is lost through as uninsulated floor.
Concreting the barn floor – French Ready Mix Prices
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009The barn has a cobbled floor in the front section and compacted soil floor at the back. A damp proof membrane can either go above or below the concrete floor. I have decided to put a damp proof course under the concrete, but I may an additional one on top of it when its finished [...]
Belle Mastermix 110 Concrete Mixer Review!
Saturday, March 28th, 2009So for just £166.39 from Screwfix you get a concrete mixer that will fit in the boot of your car, has a 450W induction motor, a ‘no load’ of speed 2800rpm and only weights 41kg.
Replacing the rotten lintel
Friday, December 12th, 2008The original lintel above the front door is made from 3 pieces of oak, the outer piece was looking a little rotten … So the outer section only is replaced with a nice new pre-stressed concrete lintel that was imported from the UK! I originally planned to put 3 of these Wickes concrete lintels in [...]
