Made by Cement Australia
Mortar and render · Bedding and repairs
Sand & Cement 20kg
Pre-blended sand and cement for shower bases, toilet pans, paver joints over 3mm and patch repairs.
Comes on pallets of 48 or 84 × 20kg bags.
1 bag (less than a pallet).
Lead time: Approx. 1 to 2 working days
Code: 200842102
Available to order from Allmat. Click and collect or delivered across Adelaide.
How many bags do I need?
Work it out with the free Allmat concrete calculator.
About Sand & Cement 20kg
A general purpose mortar of graded sands and cement, blended in set ratios. Just add water. It suits handyman, landscaping and plumbing jobs on a range of surfaces.
One 20kg bag makes about 7.5L of mortar and covers about 1.1m² at 10mm thick. You can build on it after 24 hours.
- Water
- About 3.5L per bag
- Coverage
- About 1.1m² at 10mm thick
- Mortar per bag
- About 7.5L
- Build on it
- After 24 hours
- Paver gaps
- Wider than 3mm
- Bag
- 20kg
Best for
- Setting shower bases and toilet pans
- Filling and bedding pavers
- General bricklaying
- Patching concrete walls, brickwork and render
- Bedding garden edges and rockeries
How to use
- Empty what you need into a barrow, mixer or other non-porous tub.
- Add about 3.5L of water gradually and mix to a workable consistency. Too much water weakens it.
- Trowel it into place: as the bed under a shower base, toilet pan or paver, in brick joints, or over a patch repair.
- Once it is touch dry, finish with a clean damp sponge, steel trowel or wooden float.
Paver joints over 3mm
Bedding a toilet pan: one 20kg bag per pan
Storage & safety
Keeps about 6 months from manufacture, sealed, dry and off the ground. Do not use a bag that has gone hard. Wear dust-proof goggles and PVC or rubber gloves. Each 20kg bag is a two-person lift. Storing and handling bagged cement.
Documents
The manufacturer's own sheets. Open one to read it on the page, share it or download the PDF.
Sand & Cement questions
Yes. With the pavers dry, sweep it into the joints and tamp it down, brush off the excess, then wet the area with a light mist. Do not let water pool or it will wash out. You can also mix it wet and trowel it in.
About 3.5L, added gradually. Too much water weakens it.
About 1.1m² at 10mm thick, from about 7.5L of mixed mortar.
One 20kg bag sets a toilet pan. Cement Australia's guide beds the pan on about 50 to 60mm of mortar, with the pan sitting 10mm above the finished floor, and recommends a licensed plumber.
Sources and guidance
The product information on this page comes from Cement Australia's published product data sheets, safety data sheets and website (see Documents above). It is general guidance only. Other manufacturers may give different advice for their own products, so always follow the instructions on the bag and the product's data sheet. Structural work, such as footings for buildings, must follow your engineer's design and the relevant Australian Standards.
You may also need
Often ordered with this product. Use + Add to pick the option and quantity and put it on the same quote.
Trade Mortar 20kg
Pre-blended M4 bricklaying mortar for bricks, blocks and stonework. Just add water.
Gap Sand 20kg
Paver joint sand that binds when dry and helps keep weeds and insects out, for gaps up to 3mm.