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   IMERC | Apr 03, 2009 04:53am | #1

   seen it done that for a very long time...

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!

   
   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    

   "Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"

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   Ted W. | Apr 03, 2009 05:18am | #2

   Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think "Grout" is a generic term meaning something to fill a void. Thus, grout can be concrete or any other material used in this manner.

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   CapnMac | Apr 03, 2009 06:47am | #4

   but I think "Grout" is a generic term meaning something to fill a void. Thus, grout can be concrete or any other material used in this manner.

   Well, 'grout' as a verb when used with block means to make a solid fill.  The engineering requirements of the wall define what that material is.  the term is used to differentiate between the use of mortar to join the blocks and the material used for filling them.

   "Grout" as a noun can refer to "non shrinking grout" which is a portland mixture which does not (appreciably) change volume after setting.  That creates a transfer medium by which loads pass from one point to another.  Some NSG can be used to fill block voids, but usually a structurally-specified concrete is used in combination with rebar.

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   brownbagg | Apr 03, 2009 05:20am | #3

   I used pea gravel mix in mine. I added some water reducer, add a super P . poured it almost like water. got 8000 psi out of it
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   Matt | Apr 03, 2009 01:16pm | #5

   English lessons aside, when they say to fill block with grout they mean use a cement based material.  Normally either mortar or concrete with a smaller aggregate.

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   sam7524 | Apr 03, 2009 04:11pm | #6

   Thanks for the help guys.  Your responses are much appreciated.

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   john_carroll | Apr 03, 2009 04:28pm | #7

   Grout is usually made of the same ingredients as concrete; namely, portland cement, aggregate (sand and stone) and water. Because the mix has to run into every nook and cranny of the space and surround and tenaciously bond to steel, grout usually has to have much more slump and it often has to be made with smaller aggregate than most concrete mixes. Since tenacious bond is the main design goal, it is usually specified with a higher percentage of portland than most concrete mixes.