/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1712721
kaj ima?

>>1681899
>t. another Croatian who lives in a brick house.

what is up moj nigga?

>>1601281
>>1601287
>It'd be smarter to use the Mid-Atlantic accent and channel those 20's-50's educational videos

that would be too posh, Im thinking more about good-ol-boys accent saying "This red brick sure is hella durable Billy, boy I wish we had dem red bricks instead of dem OSB yenkies sold dem did", or should I make a few versions to reach multiple markets?

hippies: *inside organic caffe, Apple commercial voiceover*
"as sophisticated as your iMac, be the wave of the future"

for WASP upper class: *mid atlantic female accent*
"Build your house out of the finest european technology and make your house a dynastic dwelling place."

>>1572556
>ja reko zajebi radnju i povuko kanalice par metara. #yolo

>>1560159
>So why don’t you use aerated blocks instead? These are quite common in Britain for the inside skin on a cavity wall, although timber framing is becoming increasingly popular.

Terracota is far superior than any other material for insulation, more eco-friendly if I really want to use that term than concrete type blocks.

PS-redpill me on timber framing revival in UK.

>They’re also sometimes used for internal partition

That is cool to hear, I cant stand drywall/Knauf.
We have a similar option for nor structural blocks, but ours are straight up white, more like hard chalk, I think Yandex makes them, very light as well.

>How do you fix into them for second fix carpentry like door frames and mouldings? What about kitchen units?

You just drill into them and put a plastic holder before putting the screw, put more if heavier unit, no problems. Doors are usually RC framed as you see on some pics I posted so it goes into concrete.

>Say you wanted to run cable or pipework in the wall, can you just cut a channel in them with a grinder and plaster over it?

yep, that is exactly what they do, its not a hard job phisically either.

>How would one hold up against a few hammer blows?

badly when a unit, but once its part of the wall there are not IRL problems with it, similar to terra or slate roofs - a fragile material on its own but for its purpouse it doesnt create significant IRL problems.

>Does the mortar between them not seep into the hollows? Without a solid base for the mortar to sit on between the bricks I can only imagine it would be very weak and crack up easily when dry?

I havent heard much problems with this, but if they happen they happen on a small scale and are barely visible due to facade that goes over.

>Also? Having looked at your pictures, are houses not built with cavity walls in Croatia? Or am I missing something?

Cavity walls are an almost exclusive build style for GB and Netherlands as far as I know.

>>1522479
>well fuck. do you actually live there

where? yes, Im in croatia, yank construction is so exotic to me