When the warm season comes in the yard, for the real owners this time marks the beginning of the construction season. No construction can do without the main component – cement. It is he who should be of high quality so that the construction can serve for many years.
What you should know when choosing a cement
When choosing such an important component as cement, it is necessary to be more attentive, because the construction takes away so much effort, and when it will be completed with serious defects that threaten destruction, and it’s completely insulting. Therefore, when choosing cement, it is necessary to quite meticulously study several important points.
First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the packaging of cement, where the standard – ISO -9000 should be indicated. Even if you acquire a large batch of cement, you still need to study each packaging. The cement should be well packed in a four -layer or three -layer packaging, which will protect it from various harmful environmental influences. It is the integrity of the package that guarantees that the building material you purchased is really not subject to opening the packaging and not damaged.
It is important to pay attention to the date of cement production, and according to what standard it was produced – GOST or TU. It is more reasonable to purchase GOST Standard, which will indicate that the expiration date of cement is not more than 60 days. This is a very important selection criterion, because the quality of cement depends on it.
Before choosing cement, you need to find several reviews about various brands on the Internet. When choosing them in the store, pay attention to the manufacturer and its reverse contact details. If there are no one, you should not purchase such a product. When choosing a manufacturer, rely more on the domestic, because our manufacturer does not set a goal to deceive the consumer of his country.
You can purchase a small packaging of cement for the sample. In this way, you can view the color of cement, which should be gray or dark gray, it should not turn into a lump when compressed in the palm of your hand.
Carefully examine the marking and a variety, because there is a rapidly solidifying “B”, and “H” normally hardening cement.
Another criterion for choosing can be called pricing, because the lower the price of this product, the more the likelihood of adding to cement of various impurities that significantly reduce the quality.