We are planning to build an internal wall in the basement, and it would suit us well with Lecas blocks that are 75 mm because then we can fit in a 90 wide shower. In their brochure, it says it is for internal walls, but when we spoke to the advisor at Beijers, he said he recommended nothing under 95 mm, and Lecas customer service does not advise private individuals and referred to (exactly) Beijers. But a "normal" framed internal wall is about 80 mm with a 45 stud and two 12 boards.
The wall will be plastered on one side and tiled on the other.
Is the advisor at Beijers over-dimensioning (it says in the brochure that it is for internal walls) or what do you say here?
The seller had no arguments for the 95 other than that he had never worked with anything smaller.
The wall will be plastered on one side and tiled on the other.
Is the advisor at Beijers over-dimensioning (it says in the brochure that it is for internal walls) or what do you say here?
The seller had no arguments for the 95 other than that he had never worked with anything smaller.
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But what will you have on that side of the wall that you are going to plaster..??
For me, 75 mm seems too flimsy, as it's blocks we're talking about..
I would never go below 95 mm, as it feels more secure..but it still feels too flimsy..
A stud 45 x 70 from floor to ceiling at 2 meters becomes very stable and you can
hit it hard without anything happening
But with such flimsy blocks that are also stacked on each other, you can easily knock it over
Eti..
For me, 75 mm seems too flimsy, as it's blocks we're talking about..
I would never go below 95 mm, as it feels more secure..but it still feels too flimsy..
A stud 45 x 70 from floor to ceiling at 2 meters becomes very stable and you can
hit it hard without anything happening
But with such flimsy blocks that are also stacked on each other, you can easily knock it over
Eti..
If you want to attach something to this wall either on this or the other side, you have an extremely shallow setting depth for the attachment, which will result in very low load values. Typically, you want to go deep into light concrete. However, the most likely scenario is that you might lean against it and then the plaster on the other side might crack.
According to their brochure, the important thing with fastenings is to hit the solid part of the block if you are going to hang heavy items like a wall-mounted toilet (which we are not planning to do). However, we will be hanging overhead cabinets on the side where we have the laundry room. But that's nothing compared to a wall-mounted toilet, which they also expect to hold over a 100 kg heavy person. If you hit a hole, it shouldn't matter much how deep you drill.
Surely, a large company like weber/leca couldn't sell interior walls that crack if you lean against them?
They are fastened with tracks to the wall, ceiling, and floor and are shaped so that they have a notch that interlocks, so they are not loosely stacked on each other.
In the shower, nothing will be attached to this wall.
Surely, a large company like weber/leca couldn't sell interior walls that crack if you lean against them?
They are fastened with tracks to the wall, ceiling, and floor and are shaped so that they have a notch that interlocks, so they are not loosely stacked on each other.
In the shower, nothing will be attached to this wall.
Now building an interior wall in the basement. Using 120mm wide stones and wouldn't want to use narrower. Narrower would feel unstable.L Lane said:
