The construction materials industry has made great strides over the past few years, which has made it possible to provide construction with high-quality products. Ceramic and silicate bricks were eventually replaced by various foam and gas blocks. Such materials greatly simplify and reduce the cost of the construction process, allowing the construction of objects of better quality and speeding up the process of building construction.
Among all modern building materials, twin blocks from Yekaterinburg, produced by the Teplit plant, stand out for their quality and compliance with the declared characteristics and dimensions. Twin blocks are made of cellular concrete - a chemically inert substance consisting of Portland cement, silicate sand and aluminum powder, which acts as a foaming agent. A large number of pores reduces the thermal conductivity and weight of the twin block in comparison with other construction materials.materials.
What is a twin block?
In the production of this building material, modern equipment is used, which determines not only high quality, but also the ideal geometric dimensions of Birch twin blocks. The Teplit trademark is a guarantee that blocks from different batches will have identical dimensions, which saves on finishing finished premises and simplifies the construction process. The characteristics and dimensions of twin blocks for construction allow finishing without the use of a large amount of finishing materials.
Twinblock differences:
- Ease of installation and affordable cost, which determines the wide range of use of twin blocks in private construction. The construction of objects from twin blocks using special glue is several times cheaper than similar buildings from ceramic bricks on mortar.
- No need to deliver large batches of cement mortar, since the storage and use of dry mixes is more profitable from an economic point of view.
- Like Twin Blocks, the adhesive used to build them has low thermal conductivity, eliminating the problem of thermal bridges.
- Twinblocks are available in several sizes for different walls and partitions. Each block is equipped with a tongue-and-groove system, thanks to which they can be stacked like Lego blocks. The grooves in the wall blocks simplify and speed up their installation.
Specifications
Manufactured products are marked by the manufacturer in terms of density and size and are suitable for all wall structures:
- Dimensions of 300 TB-300 twinblock: 625 x 300 x 250 millimeters.
- Dimensions TB-200: 625 x 200 x 250 millimeters.
- Dimensions of 400 TB-400 twin block: 625 x 400 x 250 millimeters.
- Dimensions TB-100: 625 x 100 x 250 millimeters.
Physico-mechanical properties of the material depend on its density, so you can choose twin blocks for a particular case.
Twinblocks are divided into three types by density:
- D400 - density 400 kg/m3.
- D500 with a density of 500 kg/m3.
- D600 with a density of 600 kg/m3.
The fire resistance limit for all types of blocks is REI 240, the specific effective activity is EPH 94, 2 Bq/kg.
Composition of twin blocks
Twin blocks are made using standard building materials:
- aluminum powder;
- cement;
- lime;
- water.
Due to their light weight, ease of manufacture and large size, twin blocks are considered an ideal building material. When laying them, you can not use a classic mortar - it is enough to use high-quality glue that allows you to perform the entire range of construction work.
The advantage of the glue is to increase the thermal resistance of the entire masonry,which simplifies the drying process and improves the properties that allow the material to retain heat.
Scope of application
The main use of twin blocks is the construction of public and residential buildings and low-rise construction. Due to the technical characteristics and dimensions, twin blocks can be used in the construction of internal and external walls and partitions, where the soundproofing qualities of the material play a special role.
Advantages and disadvantages of twin blocks
Like any other building material, twin block has its strengths and weaknesses.
Its advantages include low thermal conductivity, dimensional accuracy, environmental friendliness and incombustibility.
The downside is the increased level of water absorption, due to which the walls of twin blocks are additionally protected from moisture with the help of facade finishing materials.
Additional benefits
- Twinblocks are lightweight and easy to handle. All grooves, regardless of the size of the twin blocks, are made with geometric accuracy, which allows you to make perfectly even masonry.
- Despite the fact that twin blocks contain lime and cement, they are highly environmentally friendly. Products manufactured under the Teplit brand have the appropriate quality certificates.
- Twinblocks are easily deformed - they are reinforced, sawn and drilled, thanks to which walls of any geometric shape can be created from them.
- Tongue-and-groove joint warnsthe appearance of cold bridges and allows you to reduce the distance between adjacent blocks.
- High thermal insulation properties. Twinblocks have low thermal conductivity, which is further reduced by locking connections. Thanks to such characteristics, during the cold season, heat does not escape through the walls, and during the warm period, coolness is maintained inside the house.
- Ecological cleanliness and material safety. The building blocks are made from natural ingredients. In the event of a fire, twin blocks do not emit harmful substances into the air. In terms of safety, this material is not inferior to glass, wood, brick or natural stone.
- Ease of operation. Unlike other building materials, the geometric dimensions of the twin blocks are ideal, in addition, the blocks are equipped with tongue-and-groove joints, which simplifies the laying due to the similarity of the process with the assembly of the designer. The light weight of the blocks and their large volumes speed up the construction of building objects.
- Fire resistance similar to other concrete products.
- Affordable cost of twin blocks.
- Domestic production of material.
Reviews
Twin-block houses are getting positive reviews from owners as the building material provides warmth in the cold season and coolness in the summer, saving on air conditioning and space heating.
In reviews of twin blocks, which are often referred to as teplites, they note their light weight, ease and speed of installation, the possibilityusing glue, not mortar. In the cold season, minimal heat loss through the walls is recorded. Regardless of size, twinblocks are geometrically accurate, allowing for the construction of perfectly even walls.
Twin Block Tips
- Twinblock construction projects are built at temperatures ranging from 5 to 25 degrees Celsius. At higher temperatures, the material is necessarily moistened; at low temperatures, a special adhesive is used.
- The first row of twin blocks should preferably be laid on cement mortar, and not on glue, so that it turns out perfectly even. Raising or lowering the block relative to the neighboring ones is carried out by using a larger amount of the mixture or by pressing the twin block into the solution.
