Concrete Mix Design

With over 20 years of industry experience and expertise to call on, the team at Burton Concrete Pumping & Liquid Screed can put together a variety of different concrete mixes and product specifications to suit just about any application or project.

We’re your local specialists in concrete mix design, using our extensive knowledge to determine the right ratios of water, cement and aggregates to provide the necessary compressive strength, fluidity, thermal insulation, water resistance or other quality required.

Product Specifications

When you get in touch with Burton Concrete Pumping & Liquid Screed to discuss your upcoming project and concrete requirements, we’ll work with you to calculate the concrete product specifications required to achieve the results you’re after.

The mixes we can provide include: 

C8/10 

• A lean mix suitable for kerbing, cavity fill, haunching, trench fill
• Strength at 28 days: 10N

C12/15

• A versatile mix for domestic locations, paving, paths, shed foundations, garden walls
• Strength at 28 days: 15N

C16/20

• A lightweight mix for domestic and commercial applications, slab foundations, patios, garden rooms, flooring
• Strength at 28 days: 20N

C20/25

• Suitable for a wide range of applications, including flooring, foundations, groundworks, trench filling
• Strength at 28 days: 25N

C30

• Commonly used for outdoor applications, including extensions, home bases, external slabs, pavements, driveways
• Can include steel or poly fibres for added strength
• Strength at 28 days: 30N

C35

• Heavy duty concrete able to withstand heavy loads, used for external slabs, agricultural storage, outdoor paving
• Strength at 28 days: 35N

C40

• Commercial grade concrete  that can withstand heavy loads
• Uses include agricultural yards, industrial units, foundations for septic tanks, roadworks, HGV parking
• Can include steel to replace need for mesh or micro poly fibres to reduce plastic shrinkage 
• Strength at 28 days: 40N

In addition to the main ingredients (cement, water, aggregates), we can use a number of additives and admixtures that can enhance particular properties or even speed up the rate at which your concrete sets. These include air-entraining agents, water-reducing agents and plasticisers.

If you’d like to discuss your own construction project or find out more about the range of concrete mixes we can design for commercial, domestic and trade customers in Rugby, Coventry, Leamington Spa and the rest of Warwickshire and the West Midlands, please get in touch with us today.