Whatever the reason for cementing or concreting something in your garden or backyard, be it a concrete pathway or for a garden wall and patio, you will need to ask help from your local “landscape supply near me” in selecting a cement or concrete additive.
Why are cement additives needed?
- Cement additives positively improve the processing and quality of cement.
- Additives improve the cement properties such as finished durability, mortar workability, strength development, and powder flowability.
- Additives adjust the cement’s quality to meet set standards relevant to the customer.
Fire Clay
Generally, clay is used to give body to mortar if sand lacks fattiness. Particularly, fire clay is used as an additive to cement or mortar when used with bricks or pathways to increase resistance to heat and fire. If you plan to build a brick barbecue, make an open-air pathway, or a garden patio, fire clay is the best additive mix because of its high resistance to direct heat.
Brickies’ Own
This is a concentrated mortar plasticiser that enhances the properties of mortar when mixed with cement. It is suitable for all types of sand that are mixed with cement. A plasticiser increases the smoothness, strength, adhesion, and workability of mortar and sand. It improves the durability and flexibility of cement, reducing cracking and weakening due to thermal contraction, expansion, and frost.
Oxide pails
Generally, oxide is used as a colour additive to concrete and mortar for gardening and landscape decorative purposes. It is designed to be used for all cement-based products, including mortar and even plaster. Oxides can come in different colours, though the most common are black and red. Aside from being decorative, oxide also improves the durability of concrete and mortar.
Labrador Landscape Supplies
As a “landscape supply near me” if you’re in the Gold Coast or Brisbane areas, Labrador Landscape Supplies offers not only a wide choice of cement but also a wide array of cement additives. We even provide lime, mortar, postcrete, paving sand, and gap sand as both additives for cement and for the improvement of soil quality or to improve paving joints and garden borders. We also have high-quality materials and supplies for any garden or landscaping project you can think of. You can also ask us for help with cement additives or anything else for your landscaping and garden. You can find everything for gardening and landscaping with us, so give us a call on 07 5537 2841 or visit http://landscape-supply.com.au/.
