How quickly (or should I say slowly 
) can one expect to lay bricks as a regular happy amateur when working with lightweight aggregate blocks (Leca) versus aerated concrete? The first few hours you are probably really slow, but over time it should get a bit quicker. Aerated concrete should reasonably go faster since you just glue it all together.
Does anyone have a rough idea of how many square meters one can manage in an hour for Leca vs lightweight aggregate?
) can one expect to lay bricks as a regular happy amateur when working with lightweight aggregate blocks (Leca) versus aerated concrete? The first few hours you are probably really slow, but over time it should get a bit quicker. Aerated concrete should reasonably go faster since you just glue it all together.Does anyone have a rough idea of how many square meters one can manage in an hour for Leca vs lightweight aggregate?
For Leca, an experienced mason can complete ~1m2/hour including reinforcement, mixing mortar, etc.
It took me 30 workdays to complete the basement level (125 m2):
http://www.familjenlindstrom.se/images/byggahus/murning/
It took me 30 workdays to complete the basement level (125 m2):
http://www.familjenlindstrom.se/images/byggahus/murning/
The unit time for lightweight concrete is 0.67 / square thin joint... around 1.8 /sqm with plaster inside and outside.
Lightweight clinker is at 0.8 and resp 1.8
I can imagine that as an enthusiastic amateur, it takes at least double the time....
Plastering might take even longer time....
Lightweight clinker is at 0.8 and resp 1.8
I can imagine that as an enthusiastic amateur, it takes at least double the time....
Plastering might take even longer time....
The unit time for aerated concrete is 0.67 per square thin joint... around 1.8 per sqm with plaster on the inside and outside. Lightweight aggregates are at 0.8 and respectively 1.8.
I can imagine that as a happy amateur, it takes at least twice as long... Plastering might take even longer...
I can imagine that as a happy amateur, it takes at least twice as long... Plastering might take even longer...
Considering the time investment in a potential construction project, I found this old thread and am now wondering how much time depends on the size of the blocks and door openings, etc.?
I'm thinking a bit about a house where there are many simple interior walls without any openings at all, and for interior walls, the blocks don't weigh as much. Shouldn't those interior walls go a bit faster then, or is there so much additional work beyond the actual masonry that it still ends up being about 1m2 per hour for interior walls made of lättklinker?
I'm thinking a bit about a house where there are many simple interior walls without any openings at all, and for interior walls, the blocks don't weigh as much. Shouldn't those interior walls go a bit faster then, or is there so much additional work beyond the actual masonry that it still ends up being about 1m2 per hour for interior walls made of lättklinker?