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That is really something Pasha. Great that it doesn't burn, would be wonderful for chicken coops I would think . When it is heated by the torch I wonder if the fumes would be harmful to people or animals.
 
I've seen foam blocks used in the US, the ones here are pretty fancy and more expensive than cement block. They do provide great insulation.

Here is one example:
http://www.smartblock.com/

From what I've read, SIPS panels are cheaper, easier to use and take up less space, so if you have a fixed exterior size you get a greater interior space.

http://www.sips.org/about/what-are-sips

I used SIPS panels for the roof of my studio, and had enough left over to build a very nicely insulated coop. The roof panels are 8 feet x 24 feet x 8" thick, easy to cut to size. Just set them on the rafters or vertical for walls, screw them in place, and shoot foam in the space between each panel to bond them- it makes a solid, continuous insulated wall or roof with no leaks. I used the off cuts for the coop.
 
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drumstick diva said:
That is really something Pasha. Great that it doesn't burn, would be wonderful for chicken coops I would think . When it is heated by the torch I wonder if the fumes would be harmful to people or animals.
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not, it will not smoke at least in a henhouse such temperature even in case of fire can hardly be achieved. It's just a kind of porous stone piece. It consists basically sand, cement, water and a foaming agent.
 
Cold Canadian said:
Pasha , do you have the actual name that these bricks are called ? I would like to look up and see who makes them
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In russian this is "пеноблок" ("foam block")...

But:
1. This material is very hygroscopic, if it dampen it will be cold as a stone or a piece of ice. From the foundation it should detached waterproofing as a simple brick.
2. This material fragile and build a house out of it can not be high. In Russia (for example) it is forbidden to build a house of two floors above. Part or all of the carrier is made of another material, and these blocks are only partitions and piers.
3. If it will be frozen, being moist, it will spoil. Not as fast as clay brick, but quickly.
4. Residential house, built from these blocks are considered cheap and inferior in environmental wooden houses or houses of clay bricks. Therefore, usually these units are only built outbuildings - chicken coops, garages, workshops, barns, sheds.
Good is:
1. It can`t burn. Generally can not burn
2. The thermal conductivity of the foam block in half, or four times lower than that of red clay bricks. However - it is provided that the blocks do not damp.
3. They are light and float in the dry state in water.
4. Сan be cut, taking the old wood saw (new better not to take, it gets dull. But it is the old saw, you can cut them for a long time). Perhaps the cut easier than wood. If you want a precise cut, you can take a cutting machine, but will be a lot of dust.
5. They very well may be glued to the plaster and hammer a nail, if necessary, in them.

if to speak about the russian foam blocks (especially small producers, what i have seen here) that are sometimes encountered uneven in size. It is very uncomfortable. In this case, they are placed on the mortar, rather than exclusive - a cement mortar has a higher thermal conducctivity as
the thermal conductivity of bricks and then the room loses warmth. Although I usually use cement mortar, because sometimes faced with poorly soluble, poorly suited for outdoor work, so I take the cement. But be that as it may, the chicken coops turn out okay warmed.
 
Pasha838 said:
In russian this is "пеноблок" ("foam block")...

But:
1. This material is very hygroscopic, if it dampen it will be cold as a stone or a piece of ice. From the foundation it should detached waterproofing as a simple brick.
2. This material fragile and build a house out of it can not be high. In Russia (for example) it is forbidden to build a house of two floors above. Part or all of the carrier is made of another material, and these blocks are only partitions and piers.
3. If it will be frozen, being moist, it will spoil. Not as fast as clay brick, but quickly.
4. Residential house, built from these blocks are considered cheap and inferior in environmental wooden houses or houses of clay bricks. Therefore, usually these units are only built outbuildings - chicken coops, garages, workshops, barns, sheds.
Good is:
1. It can`t burn. Generally can not burn
2. The thermal conductivity of the foam block in half, or four times lower than that of red clay bricks. However - it is provided that the blocks do not damp.
3. They are light and float in the dry state in water.
4. Сan be cut, taking the old wood saw (new better not to take, it gets dull. But it is the old saw, you can cut them for a long time). Perhaps the cut easier than wood. If you want a precise cut, you can take a cutting machine, but will be a lot of dust.
5. They very well may be glued to the plaster and hammer a nail, if necessary, in them.

if to speak about the russian foam blocks (especially small producers, what i have seen here) that are sometimes encountered uneven in size. It is very uncomfortable. In this case, they are placed on the mortar, rather than exclusive - a cement mortar has a higher thermal conducctivity as
the thermal conductivity of bricks and then the room loses warmth. Although I usually use cement mortar, because sometimes faced with poorly soluble, poorly suited for outdoor work, so I take the cement. But be that as it may, the chicken coops turn out okay warmed.
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Interesting , kind of a solid yet able to take on water ....sort of like our white styro foam here . I looked the types up in Europe and found one kind that has a mixture of both the foam as well as cement , love this though , sure simple enough to build a chicken barn etc . You cement them together ? glue ?
 
Cold Canadian, those are your best yet, love the horses, the farm, etc. You've raised the bar
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Cold Canadian said:
Interesting , kind of a solid yet able to take on water ....sort of like our white styro foam here . I looked the types up in Europe and found one kind that has a mixture of both the foam as well as cement , love this though , sure simple enough to build a chicken barn etc . You cement them together ? glue ?
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I use cement, because I'm used to it and because in the past (such as ducks shed) I built from the remains, quite different in size and I had to align them by cement.Although cement mortar has a higher thermal conductivity than special glue and that he is worse. What I did not like glue - is that when I put on the street tile adhesive, it was beginning to fall off. With the cement did not have this problem. So I did not look for something other than the usual simple cement. And frankly in new geese shed, the one side i built from red clay facing bricks. I found a few bricks and decided to save money. Bricks are about this:

I often pick up any leftovers for the building, somewhere - very cheap, somewhere - for free. Completely built from this impossible (insufficient material), but it saves money.

(the wall on left side of this barn are red (not white) at the bottom - there are some bricks, i used it for buy less blocks ))
 

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