If I had a long run of gabions, I'd put a marble slab along it, and have the greatest prep station ever, for rolling out dough, and such.
that would look a lot nicer than a steel one ,my ex washstand fire slab tooping in black and white marble looks nice and seems quite robust to thermal expansion etc. it was layed direct onto the wet slab the forms the bulk of the base.
any concrete or mortar that will be subject to thermal effects should be able to expand/contract freely and is best made with a mix of 1 1 4 ,cement,lime and aggregates or sand.this gives a very strong and slightly flexible product that is less prone to cracking than a pure cement or lime mix.
mass concrete use gravel and sharp sand.
renders use small pea gravel/grit and/or sharp sand depending on the depth/finish required (granite 1/4 inch to dust is a rather nice aggregate but less eco friendly than local gravels/sand)
If I had a long run of gabions, I'd put a marble slab along it, and have the greatest prep station ever, for rolling out dough, and such.
We're going to do a concrete worktop over the gabions
that would look nice with crushed granite aggregate and snowchem (white cement) and lime.
with lime takes a while to reach full strength but is very solid after a few months but the cement will make it usable quite quickly.
remember to float it and trowel polish it before it sets for a smooth surface that will wipe clean easily.the float once set(but not hard)gives a much rougher result.
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