Hello forum. I would like to ask for your help. During today’s site inspection, I noticed that a damaged (cracked) calcium silicate brick had been installed. The crack is visible from both sides and was only filled with white adhesive mortar. Is this considered proper practice, or should we insist on replacing the defective brick? Thank you in advance.
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bleibt_alles3 Oct 2017 20:14Thanks for your replies, that is reassuring.
I still don’t understand why a stone that is clearly cracked during transport has to be installed. A single stone like that can’t be that expensive. Well, thanks again.
I still don’t understand why a stone that is clearly cracked during transport has to be installed. A single stone like that can’t be that expensive. Well, thanks again.
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Bau-Schmidt3 Oct 2017 20:16I think you’ll end up with some gray hairs from building.
bleibt_alles schrieb:
I still don't understand why a stone that is clearly broken during transport has to be installed. Should these be collected and used all together in one construction project, or "melted down"?There is more breakage in a box of cookies than in a wall. That gets shipped without issue.
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bleibt_alles3 Oct 2017 20:28Bau-Schmidt schrieb:
I think you’ll get some gray hair from building. Yes, you’re absolutely right.
11ant schrieb:
Should they be collected and then all used in one construction project, or "melted down"?
There is more breakage in a cookie box than in a wall. That gets lost in shipping.Are you feeling sorry for slightly cracked calcium silicate bricks now or what? Just toss them into the construction waste container and get a new one. Even if the house doesn’t collapse because of it, it’s unnecessary. The gluing effort and the following discussion cost 50 times more than simply sorting out the stone.
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bleibt_alles9 Oct 2017 23:13I looked around our construction site (many houses are now at the shell stage) and did not find cracked sand-lime bricks like this on any other house. The cracked sand-lime brick is on the exterior wall. Is the load-bearing capacity still ensured despite the crack? If the brick were to be replaced now, would it involve a lot of effort?