ᐅ New Construction with Solid Construction Methods: Masonry or Concrete? Experiences?

A warm hello to all the knowledgeable builders,

from a quality or technical perspective, what are the advantages of traditional brick-and-mortar construction compared to a precast concrete method, such as that used by the company Dennert Massivhaus?

Thank you very much for your information and experience.

Nowadays, entire wall panels (including those made from bonded individual bricks) can be manufactured, but initially placing the material into the form as small brick-sized portions and then bonding them together offers no real advantage. From a process perspective, both large panels and openings for doors and windows (and even recesses for wiring channels) can be positioned as needed. The material quality is the same, and it appears to be more practical for manufacturers to produce them this way. This applies to various concrete block types, all of which are solid to some extent. Modern clay bricks typically have hollow chambers and cannot be produced as entire wall panels in one piece; for these, the element size of “individual brick” is used—but even from these, entire panels can be prefabricated. Aerated concrete behaves similarly to other concrete block types, while sand-lime bricks are not used for this purpose.

The main practical difference on the construction site is logistical: full panels require large vehicles and cranes, whereas individual bricks can be delivered and unloaded more conveniently as palletized goods.

Since the same bricks and adhesives are used in single-brick wall panels as in the “brick-by-brick” method, the finished walls show no difference in quality.

Processing a building material like those from Dennert or a competitor as individual bricks would ultimately result in the same wall quality: the one-millimeter (0.04 inch) mortar joint instead of a continuous panel makes no practical difference.

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