{"id":3499,"date":"2020-12-11T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T19:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/helpie_faq\/what-are-your-products-made-with-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:00:40","slug":"what-are-your-products-made-with-2","status":"publish","type":"helpie_faq","link":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/smc_faq\/what-are-your-products-made-with-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What are your products made with?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Our Products are made of GFRC\u00a0(Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\">GFRC is a combination of fine aggregate, cement, water, polymer, chemical admixtures and glass fiber. The key to GFRC is the glass-fiber reinforcement. The fibers take the place of steel in a wet-cast mix. They allow GFRC to develop much higher flexural strengths than typical wet-cast concrete, allowing you to cast thinner, lighter sections and pieces.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">BENEFITS OF GFRC<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\">With GFRC, concrete can be cast in thinner sections and is therefore as much as 75% lighter than similar pieces cast with traditional concrete. According to Jeff Girard\u2019s blog post titled, \u201cThe Benefits of Using a GFRC Mix for Countertops\u201d, a concrete countertop can be 1-inch thick with GFRC rather than 2 inches thick when using conventional steel reinforcement . An artificial rock made with GFRC will weigh a small fraction of what a real rock of similar proportions would weigh, allowing for lighter foundations and reduced shipping cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>High strength:<\/strong>\u00a0GFRC can have flexural strength as high as 4000 psi and it has a very high strength-to-weight ratio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Reinforcement:<\/strong>\u00a0Since GFRC is reinforced internally, there is no need for other kinds of reinforcement, which can be difficult to place into complex shapes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Heat and\/or Flame Tolerance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This product is non-combustable and will not burn. It is compatible with all extinguishing media. Use any media that is appropriate for the surrounding fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Flash point: Not applicable<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Auto ignition temperature: Not applicable<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stonemt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/GFRC-Information-1583x2048.jpg\" alt=\"GFRC\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Products are made of GFRC\u00a0(Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) GFRC is a combination of fine aggregate, cement, water, polymer, chemical admixtures and glass fiber. The key to GFRC is the glass-fiber reinforcement. The fibers take the place of steel in a wet-cast mix. They allow GFRC to develop much higher flexural strengths than typical wet-cast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"helpie_faq_category":[198],"helpie_faq_group":[192],"class_list":["post-3499","helpie_faq","type-helpie_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","helpie_faq_category-samples","helpie_faq_group-frequently-asked-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq\/3499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helpie_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq\/3499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56951,"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq\/3499\/revisions\/56951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpie_faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq_category?post=3499"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_faq_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.stonemt.net\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_faq_group?post=3499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}