Hi I live in a new build and one of the external walls is partially breeze blocks. one of the blocks has cracked and this aspect of the building is not covered by the insurance. does anyone know how easy it would be to replace the block? Also i notice that my living room floor is not level. Could this be due to the way the laminate floor has been put down or could it be because the concrete floor is not level?
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Blocks easy to remove, just drill all the way around it chop through with a bolster chisel and clean up the opening before fitting the new block. As for the floor could be either, look around for signs of cracks just to check for movement in the house itself.
Blocks do crack it is fairly common.
However, it is unusual to have exposed or external lw aggregate blocks, as external facing blocks are usually dense concrete?
How is one cracked block a problem?
However, it is unusual to have exposed or external lw aggregate blocks, as external facing blocks are usually dense concrete?
How is one cracked block a problem?
This site could do with a glossary of commonly mis-used terms such as 'damp-course', 'steel rsj' and of course 'breeze block'!
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actually i dont think they are called breeze blocks. they are glass blocks and one is cracked
Err...ok, so what you thought was a masonry block is actually glass, yes?
I didnt think it was masonry. I thought it was called a breeze block
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Can someone please tell me what the correct term is for what is often called a breeze-block ?
Aerated block.
Light-weight aggregate block or lytag blocks.
flyash or cinderblock.
3.5n light-weight block.
Light-weight aggregate block or lytag blocks.
flyash or cinderblock.
3.5n light-weight block.
Whilst i understand Tonys' irritation i don't agree with the term 'damp course' being misleading.
In fact, virtually all builders simply refer to this detail as the 'damp'.
I.e. building up to 'damp', when I'm within two courses of the 'damp', building up off the 'damp', etc, etc.
In fact, virtually all builders simply refer to this detail as the 'damp'.
I.e. building up to 'damp', when I'm within two courses of the 'damp', building up off the 'damp', etc, etc.
Pedantic; perhaps. Old-fashioneed, maybe, but a 'damp course' can only be a course of dampness.
Having said that, one day in the not too distant future, the Approved Documents and text books will use the abbreviation 'dc' instead of 'dpc'; the colloquial usually wins in the end.
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