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Walls:
Bricks | Blockwork
| Glass Block | Stone
| Earth | Lintels
| DPCs and Trays | Ventilation
+ Accessories | Timber Boarding
| Sheet Cladding | Insulation
| Concrete |
Concrete
Blocks and Blockwork
- Beco
-makers of Wallform, an insulating concrete formwork system (ICF)
-polystyrene blocks are clipped together and filled with in situ
concrete.
- Besblock -facing blocks, plus lightweight and
dense aggregate blocks from Telford, Shropshire.
- Castle Cement
-a comprehensive site offering information on how to buy and
use cement; cement manufacture; and environmental issues associated
with cement production.
- Celcon -manufacturer of aircrete blocks and
their patented thin joint system for rapid construction.
- Concrete
Block Association -trade
body representing manufacturers of aggregate concrete building
block in Great Britain.
- Concrete
Society -organisation
involved in all aspects of concrete construction, prividing information
and impartial advice.
- Durisol -blocks made using a proprietary cementbonded
wood fibre material, composed of specially graded recycled waste
wood (100% clean, natural softwood lumber), that is neutralized
and mineralized, and then bonded together with Portland cement.
- Forticrete -masonry and stone walling and roofing
products, from paint grade to high quality polished finish.
- Hanson
Concrete Products Ltd
-leading supplier of heavy building materials, including paviors,
bricks, blocks and concrete structures.
- Lignacite -specialists in facing masonry blockwork
using a range of aggregate finishes -natural, weathered, split
and polished.
- Masterblock -offers a range of concrete blocks,
including Enviroblock environmentally engineered building block
produced from selected waste raw materials.
- Mona
Precast (Anglesey) Ltd
-concrete and lightweight insulating blocks -not a very inspiring
website though.
- Plasmor
Ltd -privately owned
concrete and facing block manufacturer supplying a wide range
of concrete products to the building industry throughout the
UK.Block finishes include textured, shot blasted and split face.
- Sipcrete -highly insulated concrete block system
designed for rapid construction.
- Tarmac
Topblock -very comprehensive
site from possibly the biggest manufacturer of blocks in the
UK, their product range includes aircrete, dense, and lightweight
aggregate blocks.
- Thakeham -manufacturer of concrete building
blocks and paving based in West Sussex.
- Thermalite -major manufacturer of aircrete building
blocks.
- Thomas Armstrong
-supply a comprehensive range of aerated, lightweight and dense
aggregate load bearing concrete blocks from factories in Newcastle
upon Tyne, Thirsk in North Yorkshire, Silloth in Cumbria, Liverpool
and Congleton in Cheshire.
- Western Blocks
-family based firm making concrete blockwork and other concrete
products in west Cornwall.
- Ziegel
Blocks -combine the
qualities of clay with modern technology to produce a sophisticated
and easy to use construction system -the blocks are bonded with
a thin bed adhesive with dry vertical joints and give high thermal
performance.
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