Category: Walls

Clay bricks are rarely exactly rectangular in shape and they vary in size. Some facing bricks are far from uniform in shape and size and if a {wall} were …

Blocks are made in various thicknesses to suit most wall requirements and are laid in stretcher bond. Thin blocks, used for non-loadbearing partitions, are laid in running stretcher bond …

Hollow clay building blocks are made for use as a wall unit. The blocks are made from selected brick clays that are press moulded and burnt. These hard, dense …

As water dries out from precast {concrete blocks} shrinkage that occurs, particularly with lightweight blocks, may cause serious cracking of plaster and rendering applied to the surface of a …

These thin blocks, usually 60 or 75 mm thick, are made with the same lightweight aggregate as those in Class 2. These blocks are more expensive than dense aggregate …

The blocks are made of ordinary {Portland cement} and one of the following lightweight aggregates: granulated blast-furnace slag, foamed blast-furnace slag, expanded clay or shale, or well burned furnace …

Building blocks are wall units, larger in size than a brick, that can be handled by one man. Building blocks are made of concrete or clay. {Concrete blocks}

The blocks are made of {Portland cement}, natural aggregate or blastfurnace slag. The usual mix is 1 part of cement to 6 or 8 of {aggregate} by volume. These …

These are used extensively for both loadbearing and non-loadbearing walls, externally and internally. A concrete block wall can be laid in less time and may cost up to half …

Walls, such as garden walls, that are to be finished fairface both sides and built 1 B thick are often built in one of the garden wall bonds. Because …