Cement
Nuvoco Concreto
Nuvoco's premium slag cement, the top bag in its range, dealt in at the Saharsa godown by the bori and by the tonne.
- Cement
- 1 size listed
- 1 brand stocked
- Own delivery, 34 blocks
- Open all 7 days
Nuvoco Concreto is the top bag in Nuvoco's cement range, and Nuvoco publishes it as a premium slag cement. Jay Shree Infra keeps it at its Saharsa godown, and it leaves here by the bori, or by the tonne when a slab is booked, for Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura. Nuvoco is one of the names painted on the illuminated board over this shop, so the sack on the floor and the board above it agree.
Two sacks that come through this counter open with the same word. Concreto is a family name, and Concreto Uno is the water repellent bag inside that family, so an order saying only Concreto is one the counter has to ask back about. You may still hear this line called Nuvoco / Lafarge, an older name the current sack no longer carries. What else is stacked beside it is on the cement page.
Concreto bag, cement group and sale unit
Concreto's pack, cement group and sale unit
The pack form, the cement group and the units this bag leaves the godown in.
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| Pack | Cement group | Sold as |
|---|---|---|
| Bagged cement | PSC / slag-cement family | bag / tonne |
The rest of the specification is stamped on the sack itself: the statutory cement type, the Indian Standard that pack is made to, and the net weight and packing date. Portland slag cement is specified under IS 455. Read the net weight off the bag going onto your vehicle, since that is the figure worth billing against.
Kis kaam me lagta hai
Slabs, columns, beams and foundations take most of this bag here, and the plaster coat that follows them. Nuvoco lists roofing, foundations, beams, columns, plastering and brickwork against Concreto, and rates it for low, medium and heavy duty work.
Thekedars running a dhalai buy it, home builders going up a floor at a time buy it, and it goes out on project and tender supply as well.
Concreto is the family, Uno is the other bag
Both sacks carry Concreto across the front. Concreto is the premium slag cement and Concreto Uno is the water repellent one, which Nuvoco sells as its own product. A man ringing from a site with the mixer running behind him has one word to give the counter, and one word will not load a truck. Cover blocks and binding wire ride the same trip off the accessories rack.
What Nuvoco publishes about this bag
Nuvoco gives the initial setting time as 150 to 200 minutes and the final set as within 300 minutes, and packs the cement in a laminated AdStar sack. Those are the figures worth knowing before a pour.
The net weight of the sack and the statutory cement type for that particular pack are not on Nuvoco's own pages, but both are printed on the bag. Ask on the call and we will read them off the stack standing that morning.
An eastern bag, and what that does to a tender
Nuvoco publishes Concreto as available in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. Bihar is on that list, which is the plain reason this sack reaches Saharsa, and it is worth knowing if you have built in another state and are asking for the bag out of habit. On tender work the name that counts is Nuvoco, because Nuvoco is what the bill will carry and what an approved make list has to say. Put the sariya for the same pour on the same vehicle and one trip covers both.
Brand
The name on the sack
The name across this sack is the name that goes on the bill, and on an approved make list it is the word that has to match.
Nuvoco Vistas is the company behind the sack. The rest of what this maker puts on our rack is on the Nuvoco dealer page. Which Nuvoco bag is standing on a given morning is a question for the phone.
Sources
Where the maker's figures come from
Nuvoco's own pages for this bag and for the other one in its family.
Questions
Concreto ke sawal
Concreto aur Concreto Uno me kaun sa lena hai?
Two bags, one first word. Concreto is the premium slag cement and Concreto Uno is the water repellent bag in the same family, sold separately. Say the second word when you ring, or read us the whole front of the sack, and we will tell you which of the two is standing.
Concreto kitni der me set hota hai?
Nuvoco publishes the initial setting time as 150 to 200 minutes and the final set as within 300 minutes. Those are the maker's figures for the cement itself. What a pour does on the day also turns on the water, the sand, the mix and the weather that afternoon, so book the labour off the site and off the mistri.
Plaster ke kaam me Concreto chalega?
Plastering is on Nuvoco's own application list for Concreto, beside roofing, foundations, beams, columns and brickwork. What the shop can answer is the other half of the question: whether that sack is standing this morning, and what the statutory cement type printed on it reads.
Tender me Nuvoco Concreto likha ho to kya dekhna chahiye?
Check that the approved make list says Nuvoco, because Nuvoco is the name the bill will carry. Then match the cement type the specification asks for against the statutory type printed on the sack, since a family name across the front of a bag is not a cement type by itself. A specification drawn up outside the eastern states may be naming something else.
Concreto tonne me mangwana hai to bori se kya alag hoga?
Concreto goes by the bag and by the tonne, and in bulk on project supply where that is offered. The sack is the same on either basis; what changes is the paperwork and which vehicle the load fits. Give the basis along with the count when you ring, because a part tonne and a full one leave this godown differently.
Contact
Say the whole name on the sack
One word across the front of that bag belongs to two products, so read us the second one as well. After that the bori count, what the cement is going into, the village and the day of the pour. Those four settle which vehicle goes, the cartage for your route is quoted on the same call, and the bag and the freight get fixed together.
Shop hours: All 7 days, 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM