Tuning cavity width for Flemish Bond

[MortarThePoint]

14 hours ago, bassanclan said:

I imagine your bricks will use a brick as the cavity spacer when setting out, so will naturally go up to 103-105mm.

Rather than dritherm etc have a look at pumping in EPS beads. It works out around the same price and offers a better u value and full fill.

 

Interesting thought. I just took a look here and the lambda value looks the same as the more performant mineral wools like Dritherm Ultimate at 0.032. I guess it could be an option if supply is a major issue as can be put in after wall construction.

 

A nice thing about these Knauf insulations is that it uses ECOSE which doesn't use a Formaldehyde binder agent in manufacture.

[Brickie]

22 hours ago, epsilonGreedy said:

Not necessarily, my brickie team overlooked this at their first two corners as they were so heads down. I

@epsilonGreedy I think Russell was saying that this is what should happen,regardless of the thickness of the wall. 

[Oz07]

What is the big concern with formaldehyde products 

I've never really took notice

[dpmiller]

2 hours ago, Oz07 said:

What is the big concern with formaldehyde products 

I've never really took notice

nasty stuff, tissue fixative/ embalming fluid/ carcinogen.