Lightweight aggregate concrete blocks primarily for internal non-loadbearing walls
These thin blocks, usually 60 or 75 mm thick, are made with the same lightweight aggregate as those in Class […]
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Walls
A wall is a continuous, usually vertical structure, thin in proportion to its length and height, built to provide shelter as an external wall or divide buildings into rooms or compartments as an internal wall.
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Concrete blocks moisture movement
As water dries out from precast {concrete blocks} shrinkage that occurs, particularly with lightweight blocks, may cause serious cracking of
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Cement mortar
Cement is made by heating a finely ground mixture of clay and limestone, and water, to a temperature at which
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Mortar JOINTING AND POINTING
Jointing is the word used to describe the finish of the mortar joints between bricks, to provide a neat joint
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Lime mortar
Lime is manufactured by burning limestone or chalk and the result of this burning is a dirty white, lumpy material
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WALLS OF BRICK AND BLOCK
Strength and Stability Up to the middle of the twentieth century the design and construction of small buildings, such as houses,
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Bricks for building blocks
Building blocks are wall units, larger in size than a brick, that can be handled by one man. Building blocks
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Lightweight aggregate concrete blocks for general use in building
The blocks are made of ordinary {Portland cement} and one of the following lightweight aggregates: granulated blast-furnace slag, foamed blast-furnace