SBSG Concrete Mixes

Pervious Concrete

This hybrid concrete is gaining in popularity, as we adapt to the “greening” of developments and the retrofitting of existing hardscapes. Pervious Concrete is a highly permeable surface, which reduces…

Colored Concrete

Annually Salmon Bay produces a lot of concrete, which is a color other than gray. Our integrally colored concrete mixes incorporate the use iron oxide pigments, which develop into a…

Exposed Aggregate

This is a Salmon Bay specialty, which we have developed quite a reputation for over the years. Our mix is more cement rich than a standard mix, usually 5 ½…

Grout Mixes

These mixes can be the most cement rich and most fluid of all the many concrete varieties. Masonry Block fill has the lowest strength, usually in the 2000 psi range…

Shotcrete/Gunite

These mixes are cement rich, generally in the 6 ½ sx to 8 sx range with up to an 80%-20% blend of Building Sand and Pea Gravel. Ultimate compressive strengths…

Design Mixes (CA)

A design mix is a variation or adaptation of one of the more conventional Standard Mixes typically used by contractors. They have been “Designed” for a particular application, be it…

Standard Mixes

Basic…everyday concrete used by homeowners and contractors alike. Very straight forward mixes that describe just what the mix is….”5 ½ sack Pea”…is 5 ½ sacks of cement per cubic yard…

Lean Mixes

The next progressions in strength generating mixes, after CDF’s, are lean mixes. A lean mix is measured in PSI (lbs/square inch). A Lean mix is used in applications where a…

Controlled Density Fill (CDF)

Salmon Bays CDF, “Bay Flow”, is a more flowable version of Sand Slurry. It is designed to flow into tight locations and areas with smaller voids to be filled. Bay…

Sand Slurry

Sand Slurry is a self-compacting form of Controlled Density Fill (CDF) primarily used for filling tanks and large voids in excavation. A small portion of cement may be used in…