Fast-setting concrete is gaining popularity for quickly installing fence, deck, and mailbox posts, as well as small slabs, without compromising strength. Setting in just 20 to 40 minutes and ...

Q. A post that is part of my stockade fence is loose. When the wind blows the fence rocks back and forth and makes the post weaker. Can I fix this myself? I am a senior citizen and don't want to be ...

No, it's not a grunge band—it's a powdery binding agent that mixes with gravel, sand, and water to form the hardened slab we call concrete. It's made by heating limestone, iron, alumina, and silica to ...