bagged ready mixed concrete

[sometimewoodworker]

1 hour ago, bodga said:

also if you dont have  a circular saw they are easily  cut with a 7 inch grinder with  just a metal  wheel which cuts  easily thru the aac 

No need to use any kind of grinder for AAC unless they have reinforcement steel cast into it  a regular panel saw like this

 

is OK unless  you’ve got a lot of blocks to cut, then a TCT panel saw, that is sold for the job is better. 

[sometime]

On 10/20/2020 at 5:09 AM, bodga said:

I went with the aac  blocks, although the top pieces weigh 40kilo and are  a bit tricky to  lift by yourself (1.5m) so I did the sides one day le t the glue  dry and the tops  the next to avoid  knocking and disturbing the  sides.

What they dont tell you is you can use  floor pieces  as  side  pieces if you want to increase the height from their set height of 750mm to 830mm and that you  dont have to use their  floor  pieces  at  all on the floor  if  your  floor  is already reasonably  ok, also if you dont have  a circular saw they are easily  cut with a 7 inch grinder with  just a metal  wheel which cuts  easily thru the aac  and steel, Im going to  tile straight onto the blocks as Ive got them perfectly level and square and Ill pva  them first for a  good  adhesion

Looking good

[MikeN]

On 10/20/2020 at 7:00 AM, sometimewoodworker said:

No need to use any kind of grinder for AAC unless they have reinforcement steel cast into it  a regular panel saw like this

 

is OK unless  you’ve got a lot of blocks to cut, then a TCT panel saw, that is sold for the job is better. 

The Qcon kitchen counters he was talking about do have steel reinforcement.

[taninthai]

Ikea work top 2100 bht ,,couple of hours work job done.work top was 2.4 meters long so cut it in half and made to kitchen counters from it.

Edited October 28, 2020 by taninthai

[bodga]

On 10/20/2020 at 7:00 AM, sometimewoodworker said:

No need to use any kind of grinder for AAC unless they have reinforcement steel cast into it  a regular panel saw like this

 

is OK unless  you’ve got a lot of blocks to cut, then a TCT panel saw, that is sold for the job is better. 

All these  pieces  have steel  running thru them, the easiest way is  a  normal steel  cutting  blade which is very thin  and cuts  thru them nicely

[bodga]

On 10/28/2020 at 4:41 PM, taninthai said:

Ikea work top 2100 bht ,,couple of hours work job done.work top was 2.4 meters long so cut it in half and made to kitchen counters from it.

Could  not do this in my room for several reasons 1 there are  hidden pipes and cables in the walls  put  in  by the developer and although I do have full plans can never  really be 100%  sure even with a electric and metal detector, also no good for plastic  pipes detecting and 2  want to avoid any WOOD as it  only get abused by tenants and once wet  is in that wood it  collapses. I use granite tops with block walls and  slot  in the  ready made units which if  damaged can be easily swapped  out with 4  screws.

[bodga]

Ok so Im done with the kitchen refurb, the granite  cutters (as usual) despite me giving them the hole sizes I wanted  cut measured it them selves and cut them WAY too  big, the hob only  just fits in the width by literally 4 mm thats 2mm on each face, fortunately the retards did get the length correct so its  supported ok at the ends.

I even wrote down the sizes to cut for them  which they  looked at and discarded, once   again the ONLY part I couldnt do they try and screw  up which is why Ive always done all my own work.

I havent used AAC  before so things you need to know with these premade pieces, they label them as  floor  pieces  wall pieces  top pieces, they are  all interchangeable the floor  pieces can also be used as the top or sides if you want different heights  to their standard 750mm , if you want to insert an appliance you do have to use their premade tops as they have an area with no rebar in so easy to cut. The pieces can be cut anywhere thru the metal  as long as  you  dont go crazy and ;leave enough for strength, ie  ok to cut  off 10-20 cm in length.

Whole  job took  3  days (some part days) apart from stone as I let the glue  set overnight on the verticals rather than risk moving them when installing the tops. The special   glue  looks  like nothing more than tile adhesive for  floors that you buy in 20kilo bags. I screwed the door s in with normal screws/plugs it  held  just fine, blocks are very soft have to be careful lifting to avoid damage.

The only downside is you can only get 50kg  bags of  glue and I used only  about 10kg.s worth so the rest got chucked as doubt it  will keep  long being cement  based + thats way too heavy to lift easily

[taninthai]

^
nice job looks good????????

[stubuzz]

How much are the large AAC pieces?

[bodga]

57 minutes ago, stubuzz said:

How much are the large AAC pieces?

They vary  in price from 600ish to over 1000 for large reinforced with a lot of steel types. I think If i did it again I would use aac blocks for sides and just the whole slabs for the tops as it removes the need for concrete and formwork

[bodga]

On 10/28/2020 at 4:41 PM, taninthai said:

Ikea work top 2100 bht ,,couple of hours work job done.work top was 2.4 meters long so cut it in half and made to kitchen counters from it.

The price is interesting for that top as we  paid  just about 1800 baht for the granite which is way more durable, in the UK granite is raving expensive, here its dirt  cheap.

[taninthai]

2 hours ago, bodga said:

The price is interesting for that top as we  paid  just about 1800 baht for the granite which is way more durable, in the UK granite is raving expensive, here its dirt  cheap.

Just checked it was actually 2900 bht........seems like you got granite for good price????

[bodga]

16 hours ago, taninthai said:

Just checked it was actually 2900 bht........seems like you got granite for good price????

eeek thats quite  shocking for   whats essential thick chipboard, howevere Ive never  seen those  tops for sale in Thailand so good  to know where if I need  one on another  job. The one we  chose was 600 baht  a metre there was an even cheaper one at 500 baht a metre.

Edited November 8, 2020 by bodga