With the completion of the construction of the house, the efforts of a good owner do not end, but only begin. At this time, it is time to improve the garden, strip of land in front of the fence and gates, and sometimes the construction of the road to the house. While a house is being built, developers will learn about many modern
building materials. But the arrangement of the landscape and the road is impossible with the usual cement or brick. And that means it's time to expand your horizons of the builder further. And in this article, trying to help the happy owner of a country house, we will tell you what a gravel-sand mixture is.
From the name, the composition of the mixture itself becomes clear. By definition, this is non-metallic material extracted from the bottom of reservoirs and in quarries and combining gravel and sand in a certain ratio. There are two types of ASGs.
- Enriched gravel and sand mixture. An experienced builder may be familiar with it, since they use it in construction work.
- Natural gravel and sand mixture. It is this material that is used in the construction of roads, for the improvement of sports grounds, as a pillow for arbors, for tamping under the site in front of the garage.
The advantages of ASG include the fact that it has several standards. Each of them is designed so that its characteristics are different from the others. So, only crushed stone is used in five fractions. And if the enriched mixture contains mineral mixtures that increase its technical characteristics, then the natural mixture consists only of sand and gravel. Which significantly reduces the cost of ASG.
It is worth mentioning that the gravel and sand mixture is an environmentally friendly building material. Its main technical characteristics are strength, frost resistance. To achieve high quality indicators allows the use of large fractions of crushed stone. Universality lies in the fact that, depending on the application, a sand-gravel mixture is ordered, the GOST of which is most suitable for certain works. That is, it is possible to change the percentage of sand and gravel.
Another positive point is this building material. There is no need to worry where to take the leftovers after the main construction works. Sand and gravel mix is perfectly preserved even during endless storage. It can be used after a rather long time for repair work. So, ASG is used by adding to concrete, achieving
its certain quality. Do not forget that any road, playground or
garden path over time requires care or repair. Preserved sand and gravel in these works will be an excellent help.
In conclusion, I want to say about the cost of this building material. She's just uniquely low. Sand and gravel mix, the price of which is made up of the costs of mining and transportation, of course, reduces the cost and derivatives of building materials. This, of course, makes it in demand in any work.