Cinder Block

[ShopBoy]

Hi guys is this kind of cinder blocks available in Bangkok been to a few hardwares shop and yet to find one.

[bankruatsteve]

Nope. The normal kind you get in LOS is much slimmer and if you look at it wrong, it will crumble. I'd post a pic, but all you have to do is go anywhere and look at a local built house to see it. And don't give it a kick, you likely punch a hole.

[Khun Jean]

The Thai version is indeed smaller and more brittle, but guess what, it not really matter, because you can use a layer of surface bonding cement (SBC). When you kick that you have a broken toe.

The Thai version with big pores has a lot of surface the SBC can bond with.

[janverbeem]

They are available in Thailand as I nicked borrowed one from a building site in Chonburi several years ago and still have it here at my home.The closest I got to the producer was Chonburi concrete.

[ShopBoy]

thanks for the response guys.

i am not using for building purpose but for landscaping.

the smaller version where are available at most of the material shops would not fit what i would like to do with it.

any idea where i should look for it ? build a wooden mould and DIY ?

[janverbeem]

Have a chat with Conburi concrete as they produced them several years ago.The one I have at my home is 14 cm thick and made of concrete instead of fly ash .

[Kwasaki]

http://www.ccp.co.th...roducts02_1.php

Hollow block all strength, hard break, cement saving, and fast, with TIS no. 57/1990 and 58/1990 for weight bearing and other respectively. Many in sizes for all demands i.e. 19.0 X 39.0 X 7.0 cm., 19.0 X 39.0 X 9.0 cm., 19.0 X 39.0 X 14.0 cm., and a 19.0 X 39.0 X 19.0 cm.

Edited February 7, 2012 by Kwasaki