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Amount of concrete required

Rob2
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Amount of concrete required

I am building a chicken coop as a project at a local school and I am needing to know to calculate the require amount of cement, gravel and sand mix and how to calculate the amount of concrete for the job.

Jason
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Re: Amount of concrete required

Sounds like a great little community project @Rob2. I'm sure community members will be happy to help with your calculations. 

 

Do you also need some inspiration for the chicken coop? Here's some posts that might help on that front:

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Workshop community. We're pleased to have you join us and look forward to seeing how this project progresses. Feel free to post whenever you need a hand with anything.

 

Jason

 

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MartyH
Amassing an Audience

Re: Amount of concrete required

@Rob2 

 

Could you please clarify what you are building? Is it just a standard concrete slab to build the coop on? Proportions of cement/gravel/sand depend on the strength you need...

 

Something like these concrete calculators should do the job:

 

http://www.bgcconcrete.com.au/calculator.php

https://www.calculator.net/concrete-calculator.html

 

Re: Amount of concrete required

Tonnes of calculators around this Cement Australia one is pretty cool and easy to use :smile:
https://www.cementaustralia.com.au/calculators

different options, use the slab one and away you go :smile:

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