I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone
confirm this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight
building block?

Its a small shed.

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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone confirm
this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight building
block?

Its a small shed.

We used it for our garage about twenty years ago. Could be more. It has lots
of supports for shelvings on the inner wall - I said 'garage' but used the
term loosely. There wouldn't be room for a Dinky car in it never mind the
smallest roadworthy one - even if it could reach that far on the drive :-(

It's still standing.

It doesn't even look bad, with it's white painted surface.

Mary

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone confirm
this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight building
block?

Its a small shed.

Block structure - cement render outside - will last for years!

Cheers
Dan.

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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone confirm
this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight building
block?

Its a small shed.

We used it for our garage about twenty years ago. Could be more. It has lots
of supports for shelvings on the inner wall - I said 'garage' but used the
term loosely. There wouldn't be room for a Dinky car in it never mind the
smallest roadworthy one - even if it could reach that far on the drive :-(

It's still standing.

It doesn't even look bad, with it's white painted surface.

Mary

Hi Mary,

Check your email inbox!

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Harry Bloomfield writes:
I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone

Real breeze blocks haven't existed since 1930's, so you'll
need to be more specific about exactly which blocks you mean.

confirm this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight
building block?

Thermal blocks do expand and contract slightly when they get
wet and dry out, enough to cause plaster to crack or lose key
and to crack the blocks themselves if layed wet and they dry
after the mortar has set. Also, they act rather like a sponge.

There are probably better products available if you don't need
the thermal properties, but I've never needed to investigate.
Alternatively, a waterproof finish, such as a render with a
waterproofing additive might be OK.

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It happens that Mary Fisher formulated :
"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone confirm
this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight building
block?

Its a small shed.

We used it for our garage about twenty years ago. Could be more. It has
lots of supports for shelvings on the inner wall - I said 'garage' but
used the term loosely. There wouldn't be room for a Dinky car in it never
mind the smallest roadworthy one - even if it could reach that far on the
drive :-(

It's still standing.

It doesn't even look bad, with it's white painted surface.

Mary

Hi Mary,

Check your email inbox!

It's flagged. And in the queue.

Mary

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I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone
confirm this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight
building block?

Thermalite do a block called "Trench", which is for underground use.

Personally I wouldn't use aerated concrete blocks anywhere they might
get bashed - they really are very soft. My three year old was merrily
bashing some offcuts the other day and she managed to break up quite a
number of large bits into small bits[1]. They crumble too easily. Go for
dense concrete blocks if it's exposed. Cladding would be sufficient to
protect them.

[1] Did she clear up after her? Did she hell. Gets it from her brother -
and I can't /imagine/ where he gets it from.

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone
confirm this is the case and/or advise on an alternative light weight
building block?

Its a small shed.

Concrete should be OK, I certainly would not use breeze
blocks or aerated where it may get wet (and worse: freeze
wet). You could use them above DPC with a good layer of
waterproof stuff - timber, corrugated iron, cement render
with waterproofing admixture - but...

Christian McArdle wrote:
I told breeze block is quite suitable for outdoor use, can anyone
confirm this is the case

Breeze blocks aren't usually available these days.

and/or advise on an alternative light weight building block?

You could use aerated concrete blocks. Very light weight, but do look a bit
skanky after a couple of years. I've got some in my garden creating a 30cm
terrace to hold back the patio. I haven't got round to facing it with
something nice looking. They've turned a nice shade of green, but are
clearly holding out against the frost and rain structurally. They'd be fine
with a coat of render or wood cladding.

Christian.


Yep. My garage is built of those - rendered with Tyrolean finish
(yuk)..but even just painted they can look remarkably OK. My choice
would be a smoothish render finish painted, but thats just what we do in
these parts..