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Nesgroup address: alt.building.construction - Date & Time for the message: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:51:10 GMT
/ Author of the message: Murphy |
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Slenderness Ratio (Compressed Earth Blocks)
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I am looking at building a compressed earth block house using a cavity masonry construction for the purposes of insulation. The press produces bricks that are approximately 350mm X 250mm X 110mm I have been told that I need to lay these blocks on their 250mm face so that with a 50mm cavity the overall wall thickness will be 550mm (250mm + 50mm + 250mm), which is too thick for my project. I want to use the compressed earth bricks as an alternative to a double brick cavity wall of 110mm + 50mm + 110mm having an overall wall thickness of 270mm. As an alternative to laying these blocks on their 250mm face I thought of laying them on their 110mm face,same wall thickness as the standard bricks. Building the wall this way would mean I would have thinner walls and use less bricks which is a win win however I have been told that the blocks cannot be laid this way due to the "Slenderness Ratio" however I am not an |
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