/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1629685
>Attached is a picture of a skidsteer on the blocks.

what they dont tell you its that that picture means jack shit after one winter when water touches concrete and it cracks like a sand castle (it doesnt seem to have any "protective" facade) and it all turns into ice and concrete is VERY water permeable. Concrete is very strong shortterm on impact but very weak longterm when you account in water damage, that is why drystone masonry and wood houses can last so long - they are "weak" and easily destroyed by hands but highly resistant to water damage.

>Here is a FEMA simulation of an F5 tornado impact.

tornado wont damage concrete, but big problem is how do you keep RC healthy from water damage.

>I've never heard of rock wool, but it looks pretty interesting. What goes over it?

this picture is external insulation with rock wool>>1629567, they wither cover it with a facade or as in this picture>>1629675, maxcompact panels which is like a drywall for external use and its becoming more popular due to faster instalation but I cant stand the look of it.

also another pic of making external rock wool insulation on the right building (maxcompact goes over it) to make a so called ventilated facade, behind rock wool the entire building is poured RC

>>1574707
>Do you have any resources from your country/etc that describe how to design with hollow clay masonry structurally?

Aerated blocks arent unique to my country, but more of a standard in continental europe.

Regarding structure, I look some resources but in essence its like a timber frame/tudor house - you use RC instead of timber and aerated blocks instead of adobe. So nothing different structurally compared to houses in Florida where they use concrete blocks instead of clay ones.

Also, when the external insulation is planned, they usually put more concrete in walls as opposed to "brick filling" so some 2 story buildings might actually have 80% concrete as outer walls.

>>1574779
>Concrete doesn't get mold.

everything that is porous can get mold and even granite is porous - the trick is in water management with smart house design and avoiding trapping water in walls.

>>1574792
>Never heard of "foundation problems".

true, its quite bizzare how many fundamental problems burger construction has, they even have a "fix" where they "change foundations" of the entire house...dude, if your foundations suck you should demo your enitre house.