Cement Stock Warehouse

At Volmoed Stene, George,South Africa

At Volmoed Stene, George,South Africa you’ll find a range of building materials like plaster blocks and additional brick materials like clay bricks, cement bricks, face brick, and even glass bricks too. We stock a wide range of additional building materials for every building need too; be it for a DIY weekend fix-up or a large scale commercial project. Let Volmoed Stene be your partner in all your building endeavours, supplying you with top quality building materials and the most competitive prices on the market.

Strength of Cement bricks

Cement bricks (concrete bricks) are generally stronger than other bricks under compressive loads, although this depends on their production quality and specific ingredients. The crushed stone that goes into the manufacture of cement bricks is what gives them their strength.

That strength can give them an advantage in certain situations. Often, the concrete continues to cure even after manufacture thus making the cement bricks even stronger. The durability of concrete is very high.

Costs of Cement bricks

Cement bricks (concrete bricks) are typically cheaper than clay bricks as they can be easily produced on-site and there is no heating process involved; they are very economical to manufacture.

The maintenance costs of cement bricks is almost negligible and the deterioration of concrete is not appreciable with age.

Easily Available Cement bricks

The ingredients for cement (concrete) bricks are readily available. They are easily produced on-site as they need no heating process. This makes them very economical.

They can be cast to any desired shape. Unlike natural stones, concrete is free from flaws and defects.

Uses of Cement bricks

Cement bricks (concrete bricks) to be used for exterior paving and walls are often coloured and placed in interesting patterns but the cement bricks used in structural wall construction, however, are typically raw and require plastering and painting. In the home environment, cement bricks can be used to build homes as well as garden structures such as retaining walls, and driveway and walkway paving.Cement bricks are frequently used in the construction of low-cost housing for the numerous reasons listed below.

Other Benefits of Cement bricks

Cement bricks (concrete bricks) are more massive and therefore better at heat accumulation and have a longer warm/cool cycle.

Cement bricks (concrete bricks) make a building fire-safe due to their noncombustible nature.

Cement bricks can withstand high temperatures.

Cement bricks are resistant to wind and water.

As a sound proofing material cinder concrete could be used.