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• Making Concrete Blocks
  This article is about making '''Concrete Blocks''' for good looking walls with character and quality. Anyone can make an ug Ugly blocks need rendering & [[paint]]ing just to make them look ok. Save yourself year
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• Make paving slabs
  #redirect[[Making Concrete Blocks#Paving slabs]]
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• Disposal Options
  ===Concrete aggregate=== ...n be used as concrete aggregate. Examples include bricks, [[Wall Materials|blocks]], tiles, ash, stone, sand, glass.
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• Wall Materials
  ===Concrete Blocks=== * Dense concrete block
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• Mortar Mixes
  Strong concrete mix ===No fines concrete===
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• Making Concrete Blocks
  This article is about making '''Concrete Blocks''' for good looking walls with character and quality. Anyone can make an ug Ugly blocks need rendering & [[paint]]ing just to make them look ok. Save yourself year
  18 KB (2,929 words) - 22:39, 6 September 2013
• Papercrete
  ...w low cost [[Mortar Mixes|mortar mix]] for [[Making Concrete Blocks|making blocks]], [[Sheet Materials|panels]], poured walls, roofs, plasters, [[Mortar Mixe * Broken bricks, blocks, [[tile]]s, [[stone]], etc
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• Re-use & Recycle
  * Add legs or blocks for a kid's bed or table * Red brick dust colours concrete
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• Stud wall
  ==Hollow [[Making Concrete Blocks|concrete blocks]]== ==Aerated concrete blocks (aka Breeze blocks)==
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• Building a log cabin
  ...ear of it (now [[Raised_flower_beds#Masonry_beds|fixed]]) I decided to use blocks to lift the foundation a little and take out any surface irregularities (th ...ess by chopping slices of the end of a few dense concrete blocks. I used 4 blocks in total to make around 25 pads:
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• Filler
  * moulding detail sanding blocks * repair small bits of damage to concrete (mix with sand for this)
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• Shed
  ===Poured [[Mortar Mixes|concrete]] base=== * 4" concrete recommended
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• Flooding
  ...to maximise strength and avoid erosion, or other means may be used such as concrete walls, gabions, or stones laid on the surface of earth banks. Descale the machine from time to time to avoid build up of scale which blocks the level sensor tube, and causes floods.
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• Free Stuff
  * A [[Screwdrivers|screwdriver]] will drill aerated concrete blocks & soft bricks. * Even cutlery can be used on breeze blocks.
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• Carpet laying
  * Hardboard can resolve quite rough floors, can cover 28mm pipe holes, and blocks smoke ingress through floorboards in a [[fire]] Concrete [[:Category:Floors|floors]] can have large gaps filled and cracks that chan
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• Stud wall noise reduction
  ...rule of stud wall noise reduction is simple: don't build a [[stud wall]]. Concrete block walls give better noise performance. But with attention to design, a ...s, reducing sound transmission. A row of [[Making Concrete Blocks|concrete blocks]] can be used, or for less effect brick, stone or hardcore.
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• Fence
  ...made fencing panels are attached to [[timber]] posts or slotted between [[concrete]] posts. This is a fast way to install fencing, but the durability of the l ...available to attach panel to [[timber]] post. No clips are required with [[concrete]] posts, the panels just slot in. But with these its possible to pop a pane
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• Guttering
  ...at [[roof]]s. (The latter can occur where a gutter draining a pitched roof blocks, and the water lands on an adjoining lower flat roof.) ===Concrete===
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• Cement
  ; Concrete Concrete also incorporates large particles of stone, a cheap hard filler that replac
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• Suppliers
  ...[http://www.whdirect.co.uk/product.php?productid=3808&cat=59&page=1 fixing blocks] ...tp://www.marshalls.co.uk Marshalls] very wide range of decorative concrete blocks
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• Drilling Techniques
  ...in masonry tend to be left with a lot of dust in them after drilling. This blocks some of the hole and reduces the security of [[wallplug]] fixings. Its poss ===Reinforced Concrete===
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• Heat loss
  ...o a single skin brick wall will lose more heat than a cavity wall. Thermal blocks are better than standard bricks etc. See the tables at the end of this page * The floor is a concrete slab
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• Wallplug
  * Once I tried thin offcut strips of ceramic tile as a plug in a concrete wall, and was most surprised when they worked perfectly. * Plastic aerated concrete nail - hammers into aerated blocks
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• Insulation
  ...e the mix needs to be high in insulation beads, making it much weaker than concrete It can be cast into blocks, applied by tyrolean sprayer or poured into formwork.
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• Unblock a Drain
  ...ponds to long immersion times with acids, or if accessible and in a strong concrete drain, it can often be chiselled off. A needle drill is also effective on s Blockage by solid items can also occur, most often toilet rim blocks, and sometimes plastic toys. No chemical will dissolve these, they must be
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• The never ending patio rebuild
  ...floor level of the patio. Then this was probably back filled and capped in concrete, and the final perimeter wall (now a full brick thickness) built on top of ...some spare capping stones to shutter up the top. Three or four barrows of concrete later:
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• Home security
  ...uld be fitted with multi-point (preferably four point) locks and anti-lift blocks. ...y not be its weakest point. Many sheds, including even some pre-fabricated concrete types, will yield to a good hard kick in the walls (ouch!).
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• Security FAQ
  ...uld be fitted with multi-point (preferably four point) locks and anti-lift blocks. ...y not be its weakest point. Many sheds, including even some pre-fabricated concrete types, will yield to a good hard kick in the [[wall]]s (ouch!).
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• Strengthen a Wood Floor
  concrete beam & block construction ...sed for suspended [[:Category:Floors|floors]], especially in purpose built blocks of flats.
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• Limescale
  * Avoid all contact with metals, grouts, mortar, concrete, cement based blocks, lime based paints, natural fibre fabrics
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• Plastering Beginner's Guide
  ...rrect direction (eg vertical) and to even out undulations on the bricks or blocks beneath it. ...a Use By date on the bag) and kept dry and away from damp. If storing on a concrete floor, it should be raised off the floor or stored on plastic to avoid damp
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• Glossary
  : joist, rafter, purlin, or any other large wooden, steel or concrete structural member. : Lightweight aerated concrete block.
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• Cables
  *Occasionally seen in domestic premises, mainly in blocks of flats ...ed direct, or sheathed cables embedded directly in [[masonry]], brickwork, concrete, [[plaster]] or the like (other than thermally insulating materials)
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• Electrical Installation
  ...taken under suspended floors or even sometimes placed into chases cut into concrete ones. |'''Concrete'''
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