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August 29, 2025
FREE DIY PROJECT PLANNER

Any job requires a plan, that’s why we decided to create our NEW customer project planner.   Free to download, the planner is designed to help with all aspects of...

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How To Reinforce Your Concrete Without Reinforcing it!

Everyone loves a trilogy right? Turns out I've written one without ever planning to! This is now my third consecutive blog post related to reinforcing concrete. The first covered the...

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Overhangs or Unsupported Span Reinforcement

So following on from my last blog post about fibreglass reinforcement bars, I thought I'd elaborate a touch on the finer points of the placement of the bars within the concrete....

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How to Use Reinforcement Bars

You may or may not have seen that we sell fibreglass reinforcement bars. The purpose of these bars as you might expect is to give the concrete more strength typically...

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Basic Shopping Lists for Your Concrete Project

GFRC Concrete Worktop Project Shopping List GFRC Concrete Worktop Premix (each pack covers 0.6m2 at 18mm thickness) Mould Release Agent (30-50m2 coverage) Concrete Worktop Smoothing Paste (3-5m2 coverage) Etch &...

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Outdoor Concrete Worktops

Outdoor Concrete Worktops Slightly off topic, I suppose for this time of year but still worth a blog post! AND of course many of you may still be creating an...

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Make your own concrete sink in ‘six’ simple steps.

Our Concrete Lab sink collection contains all the products you need to build the mould, cast the concrete and add the all important finishing touches to make your own unique...

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What is the recipe for GFRC Concrete?

This does vary because no two cements are the same, sands are of different grades, some additives are stronger than others but the general recipe is as follows; A Equal...

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How to Batch Microcement (or anything else really!)

What is batching? The process of measuring ingredients or materials to prepare a mix is known as “batching”.  Batching can be done by two methods, volume batching and weight batching....

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