ConcreteP7C

Recipe Ideas w/ sources: - 6% Air - 11% Portland Cement - 41% Gravel or Crushed Stone - 26% Sand - 16% Water
 * 1) **Purchase or gather the raw materials for your concrete.** Portland type I or II cement, masonry or builder's sand or other clean sand, and if you want, as a filler, gravel or crushed limestone.
 * 2) The Portland cement usually comes in one cubic foot bags, weighing in at about 96 pounds each
 * 3) http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Concrete
 * 4) Ratio:

concrete is a mixture made by burning limestone and clay. You have to heat them at a high temperature ranging between 1400 to 1600 C.

Brand Name Ideas: Concrete Jungle

Logo Ideas: A concrete building with vines around it

Problems with making Concrete - Can Dry very quickly - If not made well, can cause Premature failure of structure - Needs proper ratio of ingredients or the cement can be made wrong - It is bad to add more water on site which exceeds the water cement ratio

You can use a concrete sealer to help solve some of the issues with concrete.

Different places to get Concrete Ingredients

Sources


 * Ace Hardware**

[] - Cost of Portland Cement

[] - Cost of Gravel

[] - Cost of Sand

(Casey's Dad knew the Prices)
 * Quackenbusch Lumber Company-** []

80 lbs. of cement- $7

3,000 lbs. of sand- $35

3,000 lbs. of aggregate- $33

Rons Home and Hardware

http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/94LB-Portland-Cement-p/334646.htm?click=1014

http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/5CUFT-Land-Pea-Gravel-p/601965.htm

http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/50LB-Sandbox-Sand-p/532093.htm