Own home is the dream of many of our compatriots. To build a family nest, people get loans, collect a lot of debts, and therefore try to save as much as possible on the construction site itself.
Of course, quite often this approach is fraught with the fact that the quality of the finished building is far from perfect. To prevent this from happening, you need to carefully choose the building material.
We think that there will not be a single person who would not see the house from the foam blocks. Owner reviews vary, but positive opinions prevail. Let's look at what they are all due to.
Lightness of material
In essence, the foam block belongs to one of the varieties of aerated concrete. Accordingly, its main positive qualities remain the same. Often you have to meet people who live in old houses, many of which are more than 70 years old.
Of course, this is not a house made of foam concrete blocks, the reviews of the owners of which we are considering, but guess what material you can make an extension of or increase the height of ceilings in such an old building? Yes, aerated concrete has one important property. Its lightness and porosity.
The fact is that once, for small wooden houses, most often they did not make a foundation at all, simply laying stones at the corners. Naturally, only foam concrete can be used as an extension material.
Heat
We have already talked about its porosity, which causes low thermal conductivity. Because of this, warming a house from foam blocks becomes an extremely simple task: the simplest and cheapest materials that will reliably keep heat inside your home are enough. Testimonials of people indicate that much less money is spent on heating than if they built it out of brick.
Biased attitude
Often you can meet a person who thinks that the house is made of foam blocks, the reviews of the owners about which are so contradictory, it absorbs moisture too well. We dare to assure you that much depends only on the manufacturer.
So, in the south of our country it is often possible to meet unique buildings, the first floor of which is generally absent. The house itself is a huge metal frame, on the second floor of which the walls are folded just from the foam block. On the lower tier, their role is played by a dense tent, which is hung for the summer.
Why are we all this, because we are discussing a house of foam blocks? Owner reviews confirm that during winter storms, waves reach the walls. Oddly enough, but even after a dozen years of operation, there are no cracks on them!
The nuances of plastering
Many disgruntled people broadcast that foam blocks cannot be plastered. Allegedly, the composition falls off from them in a couple of days! Of course, there is some truth in this, but only builders are to blame for this indecency. In fact, you need to add lime to the plastering solution. The foam block will not be able to draw water from the composition, so that the plaster remains in place.
It remains to find out how much a house made of foam blocks costs. Builders say that in most cases, building a “box” and putting it under the roof during the summer will cost less than a million. Of course, it all depends on the size of the housing.