Hi-Tech Traditional Products - Lightweight Boral Blocks
A number of our readers would know that we used about two B - Double Semi trailer loads of Boral masonry blocks when we reconstructed the lower level of the project. While I could have fitted them all on one semi from a space point of view, the load was just too heavy. Splitting it in two cost us an extra $1,800 in freight - ouch!
Well Boral have just developed a product (wish it had been available when we were building our walls) that is about 25 - 30% lighter than standard masonry blocks. Boral have trade marked the term Masonry One to use as the brand for this new product.
Not only is the product lighter, reducing transport and handling costs, but it is made from an ash by product from power stations, which has got to make the product more eco-friendly than standard masonry blocks. A by-product of using the ash is that the final block product has exceptional resistance to chlorides and sulphates which would make them ideal for coastal locations.
Read more about this revolutionary product at Boral Masonry One.
Or download a brochure from the link below.
Who said that you could not revolutionize a brick? - Next they will say there is not a better mousetrap.