CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE & COMMON USES
- 2,500 PSI – Pool Surrounds
- 3,000 PSI – Pedestrian walks / Interior Slabs
- 3,500 PSI – Footings / Walls / Interior or Exterior Slabs
- 4,000 PSI – Footings / Walls / Interior or Exterior Slabs
- 4,500 PSI – Walls / Heavy Duty Slabs
- 5,000 PSI – Walls / Heavy Duty Slabs
The ideal PSI concrete rating depends on the concrete’s use, consult with a professional.
Air vs Non Air Concrete
In cold weather climates, water within the concrete capillary pores will freeze and expand when the temperature drops below freezing. If the concrete is critically saturated, the expansion of ice exerts pressure within the hardened concrete and will cause cracking if the tensile strength of the concrete is exceeded. Entrained air voids spaced within the concrete provide a place for the freezing / expanding water to move into, which relieves the pressure and thereby prevents cracking.
Please speak with professional to determine if your concrete should be air entrained or not.
NJDOT / NYDOT CONCRETE
DOT concrete mixes are approved and monitored by the state. As an approved provider, Salomone Redi Mix is equipped to produce mixes that meet the DOT standards.
More common mixes include:
- Class A
- Class B
- HPC
- CLSM
- SLIPFORM
- SCC
SPECIALTY CONCRETE
Flowable Fill – is a low strength, self-leveling, self-compacting material used as an economic alternative for backfill.
Pervious – is a porous paving material which permits rain and storm water run-off to pass through.
Shotcrete – is a system of placing concrete projected at a velocity onto a vertical or overhead surface.
High Strength – is used to create structures like skyscrapers and marine foundations.
Self-Consolidating Concrete – is an extremely flow able, non-segregating concrete that can spread into place, filling the formwork and surrounding objects without the need for extra time and effort of working it into place.
High Early – is designed to achieve targeted compressive strength within a shorter timeframe through the use of special mixes that are created specifically for their shorter cure times.
Grout – is a type of mixture that is commonly used as an effective and economical backfill material.
Lightweight – is as strong as normal-weight concrete, but weighs up to 25% less than normal-weight concrete.
SPECIALTY ADMIXTURES
HIGH RANGE WATER REDUCER
- PLASTOL 6400 is a polycarboxylate based high range water-reducing admixture which enables concrete to be produced with very low water to cement ratio.
ACCELERATORS
- ACCELGUARD® NCA is an accelerating, water-reducing admixture for concrete that does not contain calcium chloride or added chloride ions.
- ACCELGUARD® HE is a combination accelerating and water-reducing admixture for concrete.
RETARDERS
- EUCON W.O. is a dual purpose liquid chemical admixture specially formulated to retard concrete for extended periods of time.
SHRINKAGE CONTROL
- CONEX® is a powdered admixture used for the compensation and total overall reduction of net shrinkage for Portland Cement concrete.
WATERPROOFING
- EUCON VANDEX AM-10L is a liquid integral crystalline admixture formulated to interact with concrete capillary pore structures to provide a system that greatly reduces the permeability of concrete through the formation of tiny crystals that block the pores.
CORROSION INHIBITOR
- EUCON CIA is a Calcium Nitrite based admixture designed to inhibit the corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete.
MICRO SILICA
- EUCON MSA is a ready-to-use powdered microsilica (silica fume) concrete admixture.
FIBER
- TUF-STRAND SF – is a patented polypropylene and polyethylene synthetic macrofiber successfully used to replace steel fibers, welded wire mesh and conventional reinforcing bars in a wide variety of applications.
- FIBERSTRAND 100 – is a monofilament polypropylene microfiber for concrete reinforcement that complies with ASTM C 1116, Standard Specification for Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Shotcrete, and is specifically designed to help mitigate the formation of plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete.
