👷 concrete substitute: use of the advantages of using technology

Too long concrete He was the leader among the construction materials, so he would not have come up with a worthy replacement. It was cheap to manufacture, and therefore accessible to all, but its significant drawback is that with the cement-sand mortar can only work at temperatures above zeroAnd this significantly affects the timing of construction. In this review HouseChief our experts will talk about concrete substitute, its characteristics, application areas, advantages and disadvantages.

What is the concrete substitute

In the Russian market, this an innovative building material It is represented by two brands: HILST (Russia) and FAST2k (Canada). It is a composite material consisting of a filler and a hardener, packaged in separate containers the volume of 0.5, 5 and 20 liters. When mixing the components concrete substitute significantly expands in volume and quickly hardens to form a solid mass. This building material for strength characteristics not only inferior, but also superior to conventional concrete mixture.

Substitute concrete HILST Profi

Application area

This two-component material is used extensively in the mountainous and forested areas, that is, wherever problematic the use of conventional concrete. With betonozameniteley HILST and FAST2k possible to install the support structures arranged vertically and horizontally, namely:

• fencing supportMade of wood, concrete, and metal;
• vertically mounted support structures (arbours, Lighting poles and fences, sheds, Children's amusement structures, and the like);
• fixing elements of road structures (barriers, signs and signage, parking and fencing poles);
• highways horizontal support gas and water supply;
• base masts for various purposes.

Advantages and disadvantages of the composite material

Two-component replacements and concrete HILST FAST2k have many advantages, among which stands out the following:

Please find a video demonstrating the ease of working with composite material, replacing traditional concrete solution

Like everything in this world, betonozamenitel has a disadvantage, but only one - the cost. Only the high price limits its field of application. Modern composite material is typically used for mounting boom supports, greenhouses, swing, Mains water and gas, etc.

working with the material technology

Run fixation betonozamenitelem support structure is so simple that it can handle even the person far removed from the building. Primarily for supports dig wells required size. Then it is necessary to mix the components of the concrete substitute. It should be understood that the mixture can be used even in extreme cold -25 ° C, to withstand the components at room temperature for at least 2 hours. If this is not possible, the components must be heated up to + 25 ° C in place fixing supports. This facilitates effective and rapid settable solution.

Note! If the composite material will have a lower temperature, it will reduce the amount of expansion of the fixing composition and solidification rate. High temperatures adversely affect the strength characteristics betonozamenitelya.

Components of concrete substitute is necessary to pour into a clean container and mix thoroughly with an electric drill with a paddle-whisk. Preparing the mixture need to act very quickly - this should be done within 45 seconds. After this time, it begins a chemical reaction that causes a significant increase in the volume of material as usual all polyurethane foam. Due to the fact that the composite mixture quickly hardens, it is recommended to mix at a time not more than 4 liters total volume. This quantity is enough to fill a medium-sized 8 wells.

A support mounted in the hole, aligned strictly vertically and is filled with the prepared solution. Substitute concrete as possible increases in volume after 4 minutes and completely fills the void holes. In the process, the excess solution may be to add or remove it as needed. In this case, on the strength of the material is not affected. Maintain support in the upright position just 5 minutes. This time will be sufficient to make the solution up to 80% scored declared strength. After 2-3 hours of composite material completely hardens and the support can be loaded.

Further compositions that must be mixed in a separate container, manufacturers offer composite material directly polymerizes in the original plastic container at its opening by contact with the air. From 1 liter of mixture of the order of 14 liters of ready mounting solution. It can be calculated in another way - the packaging weighing 1.1 kg replaces 50 kg of dry cement.

Substitute concrete HILST Profi

In the video below clearly shows how the components are mixed and the entire composite betonozamenitelya post casting process from the preparation mixture prior to solidification

A few words in conclusion

Of course, in the near future from traditional concrete refuse not work, but for the installation of support structures can and should use composite materials. Substitute for pouring concrete fence posts in the country or in a private home is a good solution, as saving time, materials and does not need additional equipment. If you have experience with such a substitute, then share it with our readers.