Step 2 : T-Block exterior & interior walling
BASIC FACTS:
• A standard T-Block is 4.8m long x 600mm high. Its equivalent to 260 bricks in dimension. However, installation of one T-Block takes just under ten seconds.
• A standard T-Block weigh only 24 Kg.
• The Telford system is only 635 Kg/m3 compared to 3600 Kg/m3 with conventional construction.
• A 200 series T-Block has a thermal resistance (R-value) of 40, meaning only small air-conditioners are required. Concrete/masonry block has a poor R-value of only 0.2. T-Block works the same in cold or fluctuating temperature zones.
• Maintenance and electricity will be massively reduced for the owner.
• An improvement in sound resistance will be noted.
• Light-weight to transport in large volumes.
• T-Blocks are waterproof and fire resistant.
• T-Blocks are not bio-degradable, making it an ideal permanent building.
• Telford composite materials protect all structural elements from weather.
• T-Block can be recycled and easy to renovate.
• T-Blocks have a significant high green footprint compared to concrete.
• T-Blocks can be made to practically any dimension and shape.
• T-Blocks offer flexibility in design, installation, use, and end user benefits.
• The insulation value of a T-Block is permanent.
• T-Block has an approval certification from British Standards.
• T-Block has been specified on private and government projects.
• T-Block has a very Low Dead Load Weight of 635 Kg/m3 whereas reinforced concrete has a dead load weight of 3,600 Kg/m3.
• T-Block is cyclonic rated for 240 k/m hr wind loads.
• The engineering is designed by the structural engineer who wrote the Australian government building code for hollow masonry blocks.
• T-Block is dispatched ex-factory pre-plastered with a polymer modified mineral reinforced base coating.
• In most applications including cyclonic only N6 reinforcing rods are necessary to the vertical cores and Y12 to the bond-beams.