Does anyone know the mix ratio for drypack?
If any water is added, how much?
Also, which type of portland cement is recommended?
Thanks
Does anyone know the mix ratio for drypack?
If any water is added, how much?
Also, which type of portland cement is recommended?
Thanks
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Billy
I guess you should mention what your trying to do.
Showerpan?
Stonewall?
It is for a hard pack base for a brick apron
outside a patio entry door. (FYI: there is a stone
base that is already in place i.e. Old driveway
area.) I want to put the drypack in, screed it to
the height that I need, and then dry set with a
tight joint the concrete brick that the customer
picked out. When the brick is in, I'll probably
bush in dry material to fill any gaps.
5:1 clean sand to Type 1 portland . If there are water issues in that spot, perhaps some
tamped crusher run. It would drain better. All "Drypack" has just enough water to clump together when
squeezed in the hand.
You'd be surprised how little water you actually need. Mostly
you need to get it just wet enough to be workable.
Edited 1/8/2009 12:58 pm ET by Henley
Henley,When you say, "...tamped crusher run." I'm not
familiar with that term. Will you explain the
term please.Thanks
Crushed gravel. It packs very well and drains well also. Your local yard can fill you in on what they have. I've never used Drypack in the way your talking about(not to say
others haven't).
I've poured a concrete slab, Tamped a bed of crusher run, or
Tamped a bed of sand.
From an old thread.
Type I portland is fine.
Mongo