Build methods on TV

[Dee J]

The perils of lunchtime daytime tv. Looking at the build method of a bungalow shown partly completed on TV. Newbuild solid single skin blockwork structure due to be externally insulated and rendered - but it didn't look like passive slab base. From visible details it looked like strip foundation with a conventional screeded floor ( might have been slab or beam and block under). By the look of it there are a couple of courses of a different blockwork at the ground transition - some sort of thermal blockwork maybe to offset heat loss at foundation. Standard thermalite? or is there some wonder-product block with better characteristics?

[Ian]

5 minutes ago, Dee J said:

or is there some wonder-product block with better characteristics?

This kind of product maybe?:

http://www.marmox.co.uk/products/thermoblock

 

[Dee J]

3 minutes ago, Ian said:

This kind of product maybe?:

http://www.marmox.co.uk/products/thermoblock

 

That would fit the bill, but by the look of the TV example it looked to be standard block-on-its-side sizing rather than the longer Marmox format. I'll keep Marmox in mind for our project though...

[Ian]

18 minutes ago, Dee J said:

 I'll keep Marmox in mind for our project though...

They are expensive and so there will almost certainly be a cheaper method of achieving the same end result using other products.