Autoclaved aerated concrete - what is it called in the rest of the world?

[OneMoreFarang]

I am looking at construction material and I remember those light and grey "bricks" from a long time ago.

On a Thai website they used the English name Light Weight Brick

https://www.onestockhome.com/en/categories#bricks 

The official name seems to be "autoclaved aerated concrete".

How do you call them wherever you come from?

I am looking for an English name that allows me to search i.e. for videos on YouTube.

 

[stubuzz]

Thermalite blocks

[sometimewoodworker]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I am looking for an English name that allows me to search i.e. for videos on YouTube.

AAC BLOCKS gets enough but

 

autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC), autoclaved lightweight concrete (ALC), autoclaved concrete, cellular concrete, porous concrete, Aircrete, Thermalite, Hebel Block, Starken, Siporex, and Ytong

are also used, the first is Hebel Block,

[Kwasaki]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How do you call them wherever you come from?

In the UK in my time Breeze Blocks. 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

18 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

the first is Hebel Block

I helped my parents build a garage with them when I was in school a loooooong time ago.

[Kwasaki]

Global House has some nice ones. 

[digbeth]

5 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

In the UK in my time Breeze Blocks. 

 

 

Breeze block are the coarse, dark grey stuff with visible air holes and often hollow on the inside aren't they?

 

The modern material what the Thai called 'low-mass' bricks, in lighter grey color, really fine texture is what OP is asking for? 

[OneMoreFarang]

1 minute ago, digbeth said:

 

Breeze block are the coarse, dark grey stuff with visible air holes and often hollow on the inside aren't they?

 

The modern material what the Thai called 'low-mass' bricks, in lighter grey color, really fine texture is what OP is asking for? 

This is an example of what I have in mind:

THAICON Light Weight Brick Special Promotion | OneStockHome

They are lighter than water.

 

[Kwasaki]

4 minutes ago, digbeth said:

 

Breeze block are the coarse, dark grey stuff with visible air holes and often hollow on the inside aren't they?

 

The modern material what the Thai called 'low-mass' bricks, in lighter grey color, really fine texture is what OP is asking for? 

I was just saying what I remember putting in a shoulder hod and climbing the 30 foot oak tree. 

 

Like I said what he maybe wants is in Global House. 

[LongTimeLurker]

Qcon? Although I think they may be denser than what you are looking for.

[johng]

22 minutes ago, digbeth said:

Breeze block are the coarse, dark grey stuff with visible air holes and often hollow on the inside aren't they?

They still sell them ( breeze blocks)  at the builders merchants here in Thailand   cheaper than Qcon blocks.

[sometimewoodworker]

6 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

In the UK in my time Breeze Blocks. 

 

Completely different beast definitely not AAC

 

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

This is an example of what I have in mind:

THAICON Light Weight Brick Special Promotion | OneStockHome

They are lighter than water.

Those are standard AAC blocks available from quite a few makers, though they do usually float in water it isn’t because they are lighter, they absolutely are not, but because the are an almost closed cell foamed concrete. 

[chickenslegs]

7 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Completely different beast definitely not AAC

 

Those are standard AAC blocks available from quite a few makers, though they do usually float in water it isn’t because they are lighter, they absolutely are not, but because the are an almost closed cell foamed concrete. 

If they float they are lighter or equal in weight to the volume of water they displace.

 

Don't take my word for it ... Archimedes Law states:

A body at rest in a fluid is acted upon by a force pushing upward called the buoyant force, which is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. If the body is completely submerged, the volume of fluid displaced is equal to the volume of the body. If the body is only partially submerged, the volume of the fluid displaced is equal to the volume of the part of the body that is submerged.

[impulse]

Tofu

[Susco]

21 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

32 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

 

If they float they are lighter or equal in weight to the volume of water they displace

 

So a cruise ship is lighter than water?

 

Thanks learnt something today

[Kwasaki]

22 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Completely different beast definitely not AAC

When I started building Breeze is all I knew about and they are blocks which I served brickies with, Thermalite are blocks too different maybe but they both built walls they just came later in UK.

[chickenslegs]

29 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

So a cruise ship is lighter than water?

 

Thanks learnt something today

Lighter than the water it displaces - or it would sink.

[carlyai]

QCon website has some great vids.on correct installation method.

It's in Thai, but like concrete roof tiles, when you show installers, they day 'not how we do it in Thailand'.

If you don't lay them correctly the wall will crack.

 

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, carlyai said:

QCon website has some great vids.on correct installation method.

It's in Thai, but like concrete roof tiles, when you show installers, they day 'not how we do it in Thailand'.

If you don't lay them correctly the wall will crack.

 

Thanks, that looks good.

They have their own YouTube channel with lots of videos:

https://www.youtube.com/c/qconproducts

 

It seems this is a Thai company. I guess that is the reason why I didn't find video about their products in other languages. But no problem, I like the idea of good local products.