ᐅ Is a 30 cm aerated concrete (e.g., autoclaved aerated concrete) wall sufficient?

Created on: 9 Feb 2026 13:16
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sarajevo83
Hello everyone,

We were offered a new solid construction house with aerated concrete system wall elements 30.0 cm (12 inches) thick, lambda 0.09.

(Thermal conductivity 0.09 W/m K, U-value 0.35)

In your opinion, is this still up to date or no longer state of the art?
11ant14 Feb 2026 13:38
MachsSelbst schrieb:
Especially since [...] prices don’t stay the same and in the scale of house construction they rise faster than one can save against them, and, and, and... [...] If you sign a contract now, you’ll move in around your mid-40s and be finished by your late 50s... I would either start now or not at all.

That’s why my motto is "Build now," because rising prices are the only certainty the future holds. Anyone who invests their creditworthiness in reasonable real estate — and is willing to downsize again if the kids need space elsewhere — will live better than someone watching their purchasing power shrink while waiting for building prices to fall "after the bark beetle," "after Corona," "after Putin," or after whatever else.
MachsSelbst schrieb:
the last 20% of Pareto isn’t needed for a normal person’s house.

Those (if you understand Pareto and percentage calculations) 400% extra costs for a 25% gain are simply unaffordable for an average person.
MachsSelbst schrieb:
The masonry block is only one part of the thermal insulation puzzle. And with KfW40 subsidies, it still ends up more expensive than the Building Energy Act without subsidies.

Preemptive obedience to tomorrow’s regulations or avant-gardism in energetic woke-ness is a patronage only the well-off can afford on their own. The legally taxed citizen should abandon any naive hopes that powerful elites concentrate subsidies particularly in lower wealth classes. The devil never defecates on the smallest heap. If subsidies systematically overcompensated additional investments, they would be illegal under German tax and social law.
MachsSelbst schrieb:
In the end, the masonry block doesn’t matter. All houses hold up with it, and you won’t recoup the price difference between 42.5 Ytong and Poroton T9 through heating cost savings during your lifetime, much less make a profit.

Furthermore, based on my extensive and deep knowledge of various building materials, there is especially one type of block you will NOT find on the market: the philosopher’s stone.
MachsSelbst schrieb:
Especially since being born in 1983, you are no longer among the very youngest,

… but at least a few years younger than my own long-term intensive engagement with the knowledge field of “residential building engineering.” ;-)
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11ant27 Apr 2026 00:02
sarajevo83 schrieb:
Until now, I always thought that Poroton TP had a slight advantage in sound insulation compared to aerated concrete. However, according to the datasheets, this doesn’t seem to be the case at all. [...] Are these specifications really accurate? Everywhere I read that Poroton provides better sound insulation.

Are you still stuck searching for the “Philosopher’s Stone”? Don’t you have better things to do than watch prices rise while playing data sheet quartets?
You can spot amateurs by how they get lost in endless trivial details...
While Villabajo is still chasing the top-rated brick, Villariba already has the foundation earthing in place.
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sarajevo83
27 Apr 2026 07:51
11ant schrieb:
Are you still stuck searching for the holy grail — don’t you have anything better to do than watch prices rise and meanwhile play quartet with data sheets?
You can spot amateurs by how they get lost in endless minor details...
While Villabajo is still chasing the top-rated brick, Villariba already has the foundation grounding in place.

No, I signed long ago and already have the building permit / planning permission plus KfW funding approved. Now we just have to choose between Poroton and aerated concrete :-)