The opening of the construction season. Test your foundation.

All "psychics" who can determine the quality of the concrete on the photos, is dedicated to ...

Finally, the spring slowly begins to attack not only on the calendar, but also the weather. And I wait a few weeks, when it will be possible to continue my construction.

And my patience is over ...

On the plot so much snow that the feeling to wait until it melts, it is necessary for another month. So the other day, I decided to speed up the process...

Exempt foundations.

Well this option for the impatient, as I. And, to be honest really want to look How's my foundation, because after the pouring of concrete, I saw him three days, and all. Then the winter months and expectations.

What concrete froze, I see. The only thing that bothered me all this time, it is what strength he gets and whether it pick?

This was the reason.

1. Fill in the late autumn (as I have done can be read here: Acceptance of the concrete together. I will remember it forever. ).

2. Stimulated adding water to the concrete, when pouring.

3. Strange color of the foundation - brownish.

Moreover, in one of my article ( Concrete. Samomes or plant. I experienced the difference. ) Broke the whole debate about the quality of samomesnogo and concrete factory.

It's time to find out what happened to me.

Certainly dig a half-meter layer of snow, it is not easy, especially when he was rammed, and it melted and froze several times. Something like a dug up one edge.

What is interesting, on the surface of the foundation was water, although to this day was cold at 10 degrees. Still, the film obtained under the protection of snow and heated basement from the ground.

So when I I left to ripen in the winter , it is certainly not chilled.

Test your own hands.

The next day, he was a bit dried up, and the brown color began to turn gray. So I decided to check it out with improvised methods, which found the information on the internet:

• Sound. Upon impact hammer appeared very good jingleThat, as far as I know, he is already talking about the good quality of concrete and its compaction.
• When tested with a hammer and chiselHit as hard as possible, so as not to miss the mark on his hand... :) One should take about 1-2 mm. However, no peeling.

• Another tried to hammer a nail. It turned out hole in a depth of about 3 mm., Not yet bent nail.

Of course, this is not a specialized testing, but it is telling.

Perhaps the brand M 300, which I ordered, there is no ( if only because there was a slight dilution with water), But certainly close. And my one-storey house of aerated concrete, he will stand still.

So, judged by the quality of the concrete, just because of the color, it turns out is not quite true.

And the first working days for me to bring joy and satisfaction ...