For a long time, I have been trying to find a mason in Skåne who can build siporex interior walls in large industrial halls, but no one has bitten.
I'm considering trying the work myself, but I'm unsure how to support a 20-meter-long straight wall. I assume it's not enough to just anchor it to existing walls, and I need to build angles out from the wall for increased stability? (I'm afraid the whole wall might topple if someone drives a truck or something similar into it). Does anyone know where I can read more about this and what thickness is appropriate for the blocks, etc.?
I am planning to buy the materials from Poland and if I find a mason, what should I budget for the square meter price for the work?
Anyone willing to share their knowledge?
I'm considering trying the work myself, but I'm unsure how to support a 20-meter-long straight wall. I assume it's not enough to just anchor it to existing walls, and I need to build angles out from the wall for increased stability? (I'm afraid the whole wall might topple if someone drives a truck or something similar into it). Does anyone know where I can read more about this and what thickness is appropriate for the blocks, etc.?
I am planning to buy the materials from Poland and if I find a mason, what should I budget for the square meter price for the work?
Anyone willing to share their knowledge?
I thought that siporex was cost-effective for a sturdy wall that is not so moisture-sensitive, and it seems easy to build, but it's not a necessity.
It is a concrete floor. The roof is sawtooth-shaped and made of lightweight concrete blocks. Uncertain how good/possible it is to anchor a wall to it.
It is a concrete floor. The roof is sawtooth-shaped and made of lightweight concrete blocks. Uncertain how good/possible it is to anchor a wall to it.
Anyone who has any additional information they'd like to share?
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The most interesting thing is probably how high the wall will be? I don't think it's a matter of many meters up before you can completely scrap the idea of having it free-standing.
I have more or less scrapped the idea of having it standalone. The question is how do I solve it otherwise? By building angles perpendicular from the wall? How close should these angles sit and how far out into the newly formed room should these walls go? The simplest solution might be to use studs and plasterboard, but it feels a bit flimsy for this type of industrial space.
Industry makes me think of metal walls and possibly crash barriers like guardrails. Much depends on the height of the wall, which I don't see any information about.
There are plenty of brick walls in older industrial buildings.
Normally, H beams stand between the floor and ceiling at appropriate distances, into which the stones go from either side.
Today, there are light U-shaped beams available, place 2 such beams against each other approximately every 4 meters, and one against the wall you start from.
Then, as mentioned, an L beam is screwed into the floor in front of the wall as an impact protection.
As far as I know, Siporex is not really built up; instead, it is more glued together with thin cement mortar. Otherwise, when building, two long reinforcements are laid in the mortar approximately every 3rd-4th row.
Normally, H beams stand between the floor and ceiling at appropriate distances, into which the stones go from either side.
Today, there are light U-shaped beams available, place 2 such beams against each other approximately every 4 meters, and one against the wall you start from.
Then, as mentioned, an L beam is screwed into the floor in front of the wall as an impact protection.
As far as I know, Siporex is not really built up; instead, it is more glued together with thin cement mortar. Otherwise, when building, two long reinforcements are laid in the mortar approximately every 3rd-4th row.