More and more often the construction of houses is carried out using such modern material as foam concrete. Foam concrete has many advantages, for example, he is very durable, strong, not a fuel and meets all the fire safety requirements. Foam concrete is very well kept heat, and therefore does not need additional insulation. Foam concrete is an environmentally friendly material, but the biggest advantage of foam block is that with all its positive quality the cost of building houses from foam blocks is much lower than the construction of brick houses.
Foam concrete has very good energy efficiency, sound – and sound insulation. Penoblok’s laying is much easier than laying bricks. Therefore, if you are going to build a house on your own, you should give preference to foam block.
The weight of foam blocks is much less than the weight of bricks, respectively, you do not have to build a powerful foundation.
The only drawback of foam blocks is that it is very porous and absorbs moisture very well, respectively, construction in the winter is excluded. You will either have to have time to finish the construction until the cold starts, or “freeze” the construction until spring.