Man of Science, Man of Faith » portland http://bryan.pickeroo.com Is there a point to all of this? Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Concrete, mortar, portland http://bryan.pickeroo.com/2008/05/12/concrete-mortar-portland/ http://bryan.pickeroo.com/2008/05/12/concrete-mortar-portland/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 05:02:11 +0000 bryan http://bryan.pickeroo.com/2008/05/12/concrete-mortar-portland/ As a public service, I’d like to line out some of the finer points of masonry technology. The basic building block of modern masonry products is portland cement.  It is the component that, when mixed with water, causes concrete and mortar to set up. As soon as water is added, it begins to cure. Portland is available as a singular component to allow mixing of your own cementatious products.

Mortar is made when portland is compounded with sand of various grades. It is used to join brick or block. It can also be used to set tile and other, for lack of a better term, stuff.

Concrete is a mixture of portland, sand, and aggregate. The aggregate is usually stone of various and sundry sizes. It’s the stuff you see driving around in ready-mix trucks.

So next time you go shopping for this stuff at your local big-box home improvement store,  do us all a favor and make sure you know what you want.

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