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The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
i think hollow blocks are better as they provide insulation in hotter or in colder climate thus saving your electricity cost
Quoting from [cyber chap]:
The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
Quoting from [cyber chap]:
The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
Well the best is the Wood Wool Cement Board because it's cheaper, fast building, more resistant. please check http://www.falconis-grp-intl.com/WWCB.html
Regards
Dr Azzedine Fekar
Well, somewhere I read that to make wood and cement stick together you have to eliminate the sugars in the wood. There is nothing in your flow diagram that would indicate such a process. Therefore my question to you is, is this information correct?
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The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
Bothis useless, bricks are outdated and concrete is heavy, use lightweight concrete the LCM way. we use air pocket into cment mix to make good insulation lightweight concrete, we cast in-place so it is better, faster, soundproof, best insulations and very cheap.
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The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
Anyone familiar with the contruction business should know that the outfit of a building should be at least beautiful enough just for the sake of architecture. If you use blocks you are going to need to apply siding elements (extra $$$ for building costs). But you can use bricks and the outerior make out of siding bricks. That saves lots of $$$ and makes building very decorative if you use various coloured bricks. Even for "cold" countries bricks are cheaper and form nice outfits of buildings.
Quoting from [atommic]:Anyone familiar with the contruction business should know that the outfit of a building should be at least beautiful enough just for the sake of architecture. If you use blocks you are going to need to apply siding elements (extra $$$ for building costs). But you can use bricks and the outerior make out of siding bricks. That saves lots of $$$ and makes building very decorative if you use various coloured bricks. Even for "cold" countries bricks are cheaper and form nice outfits of buildings.
As I said before, it is very hard to make a valid blanket statement here. Let's take the construction market of Germany as an example for what I'm trying to explain.
Wages are very high in Germany, so they are always looking for ways to eliminate labor costs, without lowering the traditional high quality. To achieve this goal they have developed a construction system that consists of concrete walls about 10cm thick, plus screwed on insulation.
Many times this insulation is just covered with a layer of mortar (two good masons cover the outside walls of a house in a day or less) and a layer of paint. That's it!
Now, some people like to add bricks (the thin kind; just for the looks), but that comes quite expensive. First, these bricks are of very high quality (so they won't break so easily), and also laying them is cost intensive. And if you want to use ordinary bricks, the whole deal comes even more expensive.
That's why you see hardly any new brick houses in Germany, and blocks seem to be totally forgotten for residential use.
So once again we can see that it all depends on many variables, like the construction system used (and why), the quality of bricks, blocks and poured concrete, etc. There is no "one size fits all" answer to this question.
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The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
Well if i should add something new, i think what kind of material you decide to use might actually depend on the climatic conditions of where you live and most of the time wether that area is prone to natural disasters. Like in Nigeria, bricks are not that popular so if you ask someone out here to compare , blocks are what they are used to and they will definitely stick to that.
1. Depend on quality of it : as quality approach
Red Bricks made from Clay ( as earthenware/terracota) must be screen in very soft mecs.
and baked ( heated ) by fire burnt well ( suggest: 900-1100 Celsius ) and thoroughly.
Blocks with hollow, same as red-brick, the cement ( gypsum, limestone & ferro sand) has
to be in adequate portion, while the mixture stone ash/dust and sand should be granite level.
not volcanic ash or muddy soil, the sand metrics (mecs) should be screening well.
by hydraulic press machine, will make it as premium blocks. (tension and hammer test lab)
2. Prices & Cost of each as economic approach
Every place have different condition of supply resources of it and the all other cost factor,
so comparing civil cost in western country with Asia Africa is not wise.
3. Aesthetic and subjective preferential approach
these subject are irrelevant for the brick and blocks
so Guys ...the projection must be there to discuss more focus
Quoting from [sunny xu]:Quoting from [cyber chap]:
The concrete block ( Hollow block) wall is used to replace brick walls where quick and less aesthetic work is needed. I would like to know our members views on this.
i thinks no matter which kind of material to build the wall, we should to see what type of the wall and what is the wall used to. i think that is the most important.
PS: WE ARE MANUFACTURER FROM CHIAN AND CAN SUPPLY BRICK MACKING MACHINE, CONCRETE MIXER, CONCRETE PUMP, AND SOME OTHER CONCRETE MACHINEA AND CONSTRUCK MACHINES OR PROJECT MACHINES.
can you tell me what chemical solution is added to concrete mixture so that it allows concrete blocks to dry more quickly