2006-12-07 06:43:31 · 5 answers · asked by Grumpy 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Hi, breeze blocks are made from 'coke breeze', it is a natural quarried product like coal.
Coke breeze is heat processed in an oven, then cement 'glued' and compressed by machine into block shapes.
The most three most common blocks used in the UK are,
4.5 newton breeze blocks, used in house building for their good thermal rating (insulating properties), they are warmer to touch!
7.0 newton blocks made from concrete and breeze, and usually used to build garden walls or garages and decorative areas. Although heavier and less popular! They have a lower thermal rating and are colder to touch!
These are more concrete than breeze. Not a breeze to lay! Very heavy hard work.
And Thermalite blocks, grey or white in colour, which are easier to lay, fairly cheap and sometimes longer in size, so quicker. Easily identified by their 'squiggley' lines which are there to allow plaster to have a good 'key' onto the surface.
2006-12-07 07:39:47 · answer #1 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,type breeze blocks in search.
2006-12-07 15:02:29 · answer #2 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok Grumpy breeze blocks cos they block the breeze.
2006-12-07 14:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becaue they are a breeze to lay maybe
2006-12-07 15:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by mistymiss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the material they are made out of. burnt coke or fly ash its called.nothing wasted from them power stations its all recycled.
2006-12-07 19:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋