What are the types of claydite blocks
As is known, any construction requires considerable financial costs. But not everyone is ready to lay out huge money for their own dreams. Most people want even a little, but to save money on building a house. And keramsit concrete blocks can be a great help in this matter.
Expanded clay blocks
Although the material is not natural, the environmental friendliness of expanded clay concrete blocks is quite high. This is facilitated by its base - foamed clay, from which, after roasting in a furnace, hollow and light enough balls of weight are formed, with a hardened shell.
Product Feature
Thus, the balls, although obtained porous, but the carrying capacity of expanded clay concrete blocks can withstand significant loads, and the existing internal voids contribute to the maximum heat preservation in the room.
- These characteristics allow the claydite to remain an excellent free-flowing insulation for quite a long time. in the construction market, moreover, he himself is an excellent basis for the manufacture of certain materials.
- For the first time, claydite began to be used at concrete plants for concrete foundations and walls.. They are formed from a solution of Portland cement, where instead of aggregate, expanded clay is added, and then, the cast solution in the required forms is compacted carefully.
- Dimensions correspond to cinder blocks or reinforced concrete products.. This contributes to the maintenance of the standard size of windows and doors during construction. Products made of expanded clay can even be used for the construction of inter-room partitions.
Types of blocks
By appointment, they are divided into:
- hollow;
- corpulent;
- slotted.
Below are the main characteristics of the products:
| Work speed | Thanks to the design and form, you can increase the productivity of work by 3 times, compared to the construction of a brick house. Even a beginner can handle the installation, but for this he will have to study a little information about the construction and the material itself. |
| Cost of | The price of wall products depends on the construction of the structure. Full-body lightweight aggregate concrete blocks are the most expensive, since the production costs are greatest, so they are often used for the construction of load-bearing walls. |
| Heat insulation and weight | Expanded clay has high thermal insulation qualities, with a minimum thickness of external walls, the dimensions of which can be no more than 400 mm, for comparison - a brick wall in this case is 600 mm. This helps to increase the useful area of the building and significantly reduce the load on the foundation. |
| Finishing work | Relatively recently, the block masonry necessarily plaster or trim the facade. Modern technologies make it possible not to perform these actions, since it is possible to immediately use claydite-concrete blocks with lining to finish exterior walls, which can be multi-colored. They have the same composition, but additionally they add pigments of a certain color. |
Facing products
Below we will tell more about the products with a decorative coating, which are created in the form of a “sandwich” - from double-layer concrete and with a layer of expanded polystyrene. But the facing of the block is very diverse. Tiles, various decorative mixtures and much more are used as decoration.
Externally, these walls will resemble brickwork, marble or plaster. Therefore, the factory finish of the material makes it possible not to spend money on finishing the walls of the facade, which significantly reduces the financial costs, both on the material and on the finishing works.
From the foregoing, it is already clear that veneered claydite-concrete blocks are good, relatively inexpensive building materials. It helps save time, money and labor. It is possible to do the laying with your own hands, which is very convenient, and even half and corner blocks are produced for greater convenience, which is quite important since you do not have to waste time on sawing.
The depth of the wall block has a minimum wall thickness of 400 mm. Therefore, for relatively warm climatic zones, it is sufficient to carry out laying one block thick. And at the same time, additional insulation for concrete is not necessary.
True, in our country, relatively warm regions are quite small, but they exist. But in other cases, you can use other options.
Tip: when building walls of two blocks, the inside is better to take the usual, and the outside - decorated.
You can also try laying the walls from the inside with clinker or some other decorative brick, and decorated with the outside.
Therefore, in this case, you can immediately accomplish two goals:
- to warm the facade;
- to finish the outer wall.
Tip: wall decoration of expanded clay blocks can only be done if the material of the construction is frame-shield or wooden. This is done only during the construction process, since the block masonry must rest on the foundation.
If you wish, you can decorate and warm with the help of such products the walls of the old house, but you will need to undermine the foundation a little and further strengthen it, otherwise the foundation may simply not sustain. The instruction of this process is on our website.
In this case, it’s up to the owner to decide, since this is quite a laborious job. Perhaps it would be easier to just disassemble the old walls and build new ones?
Due to the variety of textures and color shades of the decorative part of the blocks, it is possible to create beautiful and quite original designs if you alternate them with specific colors in a certain sequence around the perimeter of the facade. With the available rich imagination, you can come up with other options that will help create the original appearance of the house.
Conclusion
In this article you have learned what the claydite-concrete blocks are, what they are and where they apply. It was described in detail about the products that have factory exterior cladding, which makes it possible to eliminate the finishing work, increasing the speed of the construction process. The video in this article will help you find additional information on this topic.