What you need to remember, pouring concrete in hot weather

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IN This material will tell you about the two main nuance pouring concrete in the summer time, to be aware of any builder - professional or amateur.

-1- summer the temperature is high enough and southern Russia may rise to 35-40 ° C.

What does it mean?
Laitance evaporates from the surface of the concrete is much faster, because of what he loses strength: without it hardening cement slurry goes unevenly.

What to do?
Released two: first - cover the poured concrete thick polyethylene film, the second - every 2-3 hours additional water to moisten the surface of the concrete.

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-2- Despite the high daytime temperature air cools during the night due to moisture (especially around large bodies of water). The amplitude of the daily temperature fluctuations, too, bears no concrete benefit.

What to do?
I advise you to cover the poured concrete at night layer PET film or foam sheet (if available). These materials will not allow a difference in temperature of the concrete surface and its "core".

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