Thread: Red bricks Vs AAC

Originally Posted by PD4

Does anyone no if it is possible to buy load bearing concrete blocks in Thailand in particular Sisaket area.

You're having a larff mate.

A load-bearing wall or bearing wall is a wall that is an active structural element of a building, that is, it bears the weight of the elements above said wall, resting upon it by conducting its weight to a foundation structure. The materials most often used to construct load-bearing walls in large buildings are concrete, block, or brick.

There is one big problem in case you want to built your house without the columns (sau) as everybody in Thailand do (hardly anywhere else):
To persuade the builder to do so...

Originally Posted by Klondyke

There is one big problem in case you want to built your house without the columns (sau) as everybody in Thailand do (hardly anywhere else):
To persuade the builder to do so...

...or to use the rare and hard-to-find pressed/naturally cured [no fire] bricks.
Use to be all the rage, a fine quality product.

Very expensive but terribly worthy.

Would anybody have a clue where to find a Q-Con instruction handbook in Thai ?
I already have the English version, but it may be useless for the local 'brickies'

Originally Posted by Poiter

Would anybody have a clue where to find a Q-Con instruction handbook in Thai ?
I already have the English version, but it may be useless for the local 'brickies'

You havin a larrrf?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

You havin a larrrf?

I don't understand.

I would just like to print out a Thai version so the blocks layers are across tying straps to each row etc with Qcon.
And I can't find a Thai version online

Thank you Club Soda. Much appreciated.

I got a manual in thai and english somewhere , if i can find it when eyes healed you can have it, my wife could train your mason in an hour in Thai

Originally Posted by Poiter

I don't understand.

Thais lay blocks the same way, irrespective of material used. They tie them into the concrete pillars using steel rods fitted in drilled holes.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Thais lay blocks the same way, irrespective of material used. They tie them into the concrete pillars using steel rods fitted in drilled holes.

Correct , you can of course cut up any spare rebar to tie in to Sai (Columns) etcor joints to normal blocks like my red brick chimney or pizza ovens etc , it's all quite simple if you can find a builder open to learning!