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Paul Simonite
26-01-2010 11:42 PM
fire ash
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In my youth, Dad used coke/coal ash instead of sand when mixing
cement. I wonder if the slightly purple paths he laid still exist?
Granddad's garden paths were made of cinders.
Chris
That sounds like the original recipe for "Breeze blocks" (spelling?)
Concrete blocks for building made from ash and clinker mixed with sand
and cement (I think).
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