Saw a wall in Denver go from solid to cracked in under a year

Honestly, it was a new build on Elm Street where they used a cheap mortar mix from a discount yard. The freeze-thaw cycles last winter just tore it apart, and now the whole face is spalling. What's the coldest climate you'd ever risk a budget mix in?

2 comments

2 Comments

riley_king1611d ago

We had a similar issue on a shed base. Used a basic mix in upstate NY, zone 5, and it crumbled after two winters. I wouldn't push it past zone 6, and even then you need to add extra cement and use clean, sharp sand.

schmidt.reese11d ago

Yeah that upstate NY freeze-thaw is no joke. Clean sand makes a huge diff for sure.