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 […]
Walls
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.
Walls
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
Walls
Concrete blocks moisture movement
As water dries out from precast {concrete blocks} shrinkage that occurs, particularly with lightweight blocks, may cause serious cracking of
Walls
Cement mortar
Cement is made by heating a finely ground mixture of clay and limestone, and water, to a temperature at which