Lafarge extends packed cement offering

Lafarge Cement has introduced the new packed product Rapid Set Cement to its range. Rapid Set Cement is a Portland cement containing calcium aluminate for rapid hardening. The fast-setting, low shrinkage cement is designed for use in screeds and renders to prepare wall and floor surfaces prior to installing most tile types. Lafarge Cement says it is suitable for dry and wet installations, including swimming pools, and can be pumped for fast application. Setting in just one hour, Lafarge Cement adds t

January 8, 2019 Read time: 2 mins

725 Lafarge Cement has introduced the new packed product Rapid Set Cement to its range.

Rapid Set Cement is a Portland cement containing calcium aluminate for rapid hardening. The fast-setting, low shrinkage cement is designed for use in screeds and renders to prepare wall and floor surfaces prior to installing most tile types.

Lafarge Cement says it is suitable for dry and wet installations, including swimming pools, and can be pumped for fast application. Setting in just one hour, Lafarge Cement adds that its rapid strength development means screeds can accept foot traffic after three hours and bonded screeds and renders can be tiled with ceramic tiles after four hours.

It is available in 25kg paper bags and is a quality-assured BS EN 197-1 CEM II cement carrying CE marking.

Jamie Stratford, national sales manager at Lafarge Cement (part of the Aggregate Industries business), commented: “This new product follows significant investment over the last 18 months in expanding our portfolio of packed cement products. All of our products are designed to offer a solution to everyday problems faced by the trade. Rapid Set Cement ensures a strong, durable high quality finish in a fraction of the time compared with standard cement."

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Hope’s extends range of performance concretes

A leading UK independent concrete supplier has extended its range of high performance mixes to complement its existing array of quality-assured ready-mixed concretes.

Hope Construction Materials’ performance mixes – including HOPEFast, HOPEFoam, HOPETough, HOPEEco, HOPESeal and HOPEFibre – are said to have been designed by the firm’s technical team to meet specific construction needs, from high early strength and extra durability to waterproof and lower carbon mixes.

The range’s official launch follow