COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES

• is supplied ready for use and remains workable for 36 hours.

• is delivered to site according to a pre-arranged programme.

• is discharged into tubs of 0.33 m3 capacity which serve as measuring, storage and transit containers.

• is immediately ready for use without further treatment on site.

• improves bricklaying productivity for the building contractor.

• offers the contractor economic advantages over site mixed mortar, i.e. no setting up costs, no breakdown costs and no wastage.

• one delivery per day - one servicing operation for the bricklayers and leave them to get on with it!

OVERALL MORE BLOCKWORK IS PRODUCED IN A MUCH SHORTER TIME

TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES

• is weigh batched and manufactured under computerised control, thus ensuring consistency and long term durability.

• the quality of the ingredients complies with British Standards.

• streamlines and improves building progress.

• is regularly subjected to quality control testing.

• full technical and commercial back-up available.

Guidelines for Use

1. Readyuse Mortar is intended to be used directly from the tubs.
   
   
2. If the Mortar should stiffen due to water evaporation within the designated retardation period, it may be re-tempered.
   
   
3. No admixtures or other materials should be added to Ready Use Mortar.
   
   
4. Top up of tubs should not be allowed. Tubs should always be clean and empty before refilling.
   
   
5. Tubs which are to be filled should be set out in an accessible position to enable the driver to unload without hindrance. This will help him to keep to his schedule of deliveries.
   
   
6. A block layer would use 0.5 m3 - 1.0 m3 per day depending on the nature of the work.
   
   
7. On average 1.0 m3 would build:
   900 4" Blocks on edge
   450 4" Blocks on flat
   1,800 Bricks
   
   
8. When ordering coloured mortar please give enough notice for us to provide sample bags with which trial panels can be built. This gives a more accurate indication of the final colour than a colour photograph and is a better base for consensus between supplier, contractor and specifier.
   
9. Readyuse Plaster spreads at approximately 80 m2 for one cubic metre of undercoat. On average a plasterer will use 1 m3 per day.
   
   
10. Caution should be exercised when using Readyuse Mortar with building components of very low absorption. These would include stone, engineering quality bricks, saturated bricks and blocks, etc.
    

    It is essential that consideration is given to ordering Mortar with a shorter working life than the standard 36 hours and to ensuring all masonry is safely propped and supported in the manner and for the duration specified in the relevant safety standard. Further information can be obtained from the Technical Department at (028) 9062 2211.

11. Lime Bloom is a potential blemish inherent in all types of Mortar. It is caused by the appearance of calcium carbonate salts on the surface of the mortar joint and normally washes off with rain. It is a temporary and superficial condition which does not affect the durability of the mortar joint.