What mistakes during mixing will make concrete unstable?

For many years in construction practice, people have not found a more durable, practical, durable material than concrete. It consists of a mixture of cement, sand, water, gravel.

Also, modern builders add special reinforcing additives to the solution, which make the material almost eternal, indestructible, as durable as possible. However, in the manufacture of concrete mix, the proportions of all components must be very strictly observed. Otherwise, the foundation, the reinforced concrete wall of a multi-storey building, the basement located underground will not be durable. The material will crack, prematurely go out of operation, and emergency situations will be created. So what kind of mistakes in concrete production negatively affect the quality of finished products?

The most important mistakes

It should immediately be noted that concrete mixtures can be made in different ways. Everything will depend on what building structures need to be made from the resulting mixture. The biggest mistake is the misuse of cement dosage. Exceeding, as well as understating this component totally affects the finished structure. You also need to clearly see which brand of cement to use before putting it in a future solution.

Note! For the construction of reinforced concrete structures to be used under water, the most durable, most expensive brand of cement is used. For simple structures used in the open air, it is acceptable to add low-grade cement to the solution.

Another very important mistake can be attributed to the lack of high-quality mortar mixing in the manufacture of large batches of cement.

• Good mixing is one of the most important components in the manufacture of concrete on an industrial scale;
• In no case should you use dirty fillers, not sifted sand, interspersed with pieces of clay. All this leads to a poorly made solution, which will be very bad in the finished product;
• Also, do not use dirty water. The fluid must be cleaned before mixing takes place. Water is purified from mud, pieces of clay, various biological pollutants;
• In no case should you use cement powder after prolonged storage.

And very carefully you need to ensure that there is no overdose of various kinds of reinforcing additives that are added to the reinforced concrete solution.