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Gardening & Landscaping

Floor of a greenhouse

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.42 PM

I had someone lay a concrete base into my greenhouse 7 months ago but it has now lifted, cracked and disintegrated. It appears to have been laid at a depth of about an inch and they appear to have used post concrete. What type of concrete should have been used?

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4 Answers

Anonymous user

Hi, Sorry to hear that, what was the base laid onto? I would say the problem lies mainly on the thickness of the base and what it is laid on. Due to the accelerant in postcrete I would imagine it difficult to lay, but would have personally used a normal concrete at least 2 inches thick or decent concrete slabs depending on what the ground is like. Thanks.
Answered6 January 2019
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WD Services

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Shepherds Bush, London
Hi, For a greenhouse regular cement/ ballast mix will be fine at a minimum thickness of approx three/ four inches. Remove what's there and dig down deeper if soil. You could break up the old concrete and use it as hardcore. Hope this helps!
Answered6 January 2019
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Anonymous user

It should of been Made with genral purpose Portland cement and 20 mm ballast 4:1 ratio or 3 stone 3 sand 1 cement and be at least 50mm thick he should of dug down to a reasonable depth at least 100mm put a layer of crushed stone as a base 50 mm And then poured a 50mm concrete slab on top.
Answered6 January 2019
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Anonymous user

I am sorry for what had happened but in this case the concrete not lay a light mesh as it requires one to stop the concrete cracking when it gets older and improve your spending.
Answered7 January 2019
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