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Mortar is used between bricks, cinder blocks, or stone to bind them and fill any gaps. It is made from sand, a binding agent (cement or lime), and water.
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How can I lift buckets of mortar to second floor?
I need to lift around 100-120 buckets of mortar to level the surface of two slabs (around 20 square meters). …
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How to mix a resurfacer/leveler with sand and cement?
Disclaimer: No, I can't buy ready made surface leveler, because in Brazil this doesn't exist.
I need to use a resurface a dry pack levelling that my previous contractor made a lousy job (porous surfa …
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How to lay concrete block without squishing all the mortar?
I'm laying a small retaining wall for a garden and I'm having a lot if trouble getting a proper mortar joint.
If it is on the soft side it is squished out of the joint with the weight of the block. …
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Types of floats and trowels for concrete
In Brazil there are basically 3 kinds of floats:
Steel (in many shapes), used for smooth finish concrete, spreading mortar for tiles, plastering, etc. … The ones I'm troubled with (and with many diverging opinions from "professionals" here) are:
"Leveling" mortar (cement+sand) in plastering after it sets. …
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