Our Ready Mix Concrete Brent Cross concrete plant offers various types of concrete. At first glance, it may seem that choosing concrete is one of the easiest stages when building a house. Meanwhile, every good specialist knows that concrete mixes can vary significantly, not just in strength. Much depends on the prevailing external conditions or what task this element of the structure will perform. What are the types and classes of concrete, and above all: what to decide? One of the classifications used to divide concrete is the one whose criterion is the volumetric weight. In this way we can distinguish: heavy concrete
- plain concrete,
- lightweight concrete, If we have ever built a house, we certainly noticed in the design markings defining the material used.
This is nothing more than concrete grades that determine the apparent density along with the compressive strength. Generally accepted European standards apply in this classification.