Arbolite House

It's time to build your house.

Perhaps with excessive meticulousness, I began to study the properties of materials for masonry walls and now you will understand why and how. It consisted of two stages.

First stage:

I compared the properties of different materials, and by this I will immediately tell you my opinion on them:

1. Gas silicate blocks are fragile, easily absorb moisture, are not practical in terms of attaching anything to this material, since after watching a video on the Internet I was convinced that even at the construction stage some skill is required so that the formwork for the armo-belt does not come off walls.

And from the architect he learned one information that is logical, but which everyone is silent about - gas blocks with their ability to absorb moisture, dry the air in the room and this adversely affects the respiratory system.

2. Brick. Yes, I originally wanted a house made entirely of ceramic bricks. Strong and natural material. I lived in an apartment with a wall thickness of 2 bricks + 100mm insulation + then a 40mm ventilation gap + facing the brick floor. Wall thickness 80 cm.

BUT!. I have a plot just 15m wide. we remove 3m from the fence on each side - 2 times 80cm, only 7.4m of usable width remains in the house, and the foundation for such a house will require a very powerful one. And the brickwork is more expensive. In general, it was not my option.

3. Ceramic blocks + insulation. About 6 years ago, when I first thought about building, I really liked them and turned out to be a worthy alternative to ceramic brick, since the house is lighter and the foundation for such a powerful one is required, and put it quickly.

But somehow I had experience doing repairs in an apartment in the LCD Solar. The developer is a new don. The house was frame-monolithic, and the external walls were made of ceramics. I really didn’t like it; when I tried to drill a drill, I literally broke through the partitions of the block, which made it difficult to fix even the GCR profile.

4. Expanded clay block - this is the solution! BUT! again it was not there! It is still cold, and if you use it, then for the construction of household buildings. To admit it was a fallback if I can’t find anything more worthy.

5. Frame house. I call such houses a heater house. Well, I have a stereotype that a house is a fortress and it shouldn’t be made of cotton and plywood.

6. And finally, ARBOLIT. I heard about this material from a friend who was also about to build. At first I was skeptical of this type of material.

But then, after weighing everything, I realized that this should be a warm and strong material, because the chips are intertwined with each other and are fixed with concrete - strength, and the fact that 90% of the wood in the block is warm. And here the fun began! My RESEARCH in this area will be pulled for the whole dissertation))) I will try meekly and that's it.

Second phase:

Research and selection of wood concrete.

1. It all started with the fact that a friend praised me for this material, and at the same time said that you can significantly SAVE if you build a house from MONOLITHIC wood concrete. Judge for yourself 1m3 of wood chips costs 500 rubles. 4 bags of cement - 1000 rub. Voila! only 2500r / m3 + labor and NO COOL BRIDGES!

About a month I studied technology, watched a video, looked for monoliths, who would help to implement the plan and FOUND! The team that raised about 50 houses from monolithic wood concrete told me that it is better to lay out blocks, the main thing is to choose good quality. WHY? Because 1. It is extremely difficult to pour perfectly even walls.

2. This is not concrete, and stupidly fill and vibrate will not work. It is necessary to knead a maximum of half a cube in a makeshift mixer from a barrel and raise it into the formwork with buckets, laying out 20 cm each and ramming the end of the board or timber. In short, hemorrhoid is complete. In addition, work on it will be released at least 5t.r. per cube (if hired) + formwork But the main drawback is the lack of seams and cold bridges.

The main problem is that it is impossible to fill everything in one day. have to fill in layers. Subsequently, a crack appears at the junction of the layers. Yes, and you won’t win at the price with arithmetic 500 + 1000 + 5000 + formwork + inventions for mixing the mixture ... The solution is to look for arbolite blocks of decent quality.

2. Search for high-quality wood concrete. I learned from the Internet that high-quality wood concrete is quite dense, with even geometry, and in compliance with the right production technologies. Key: Chips of the correct form (needle), which provides better weaving inside the block, the correct vibrocompression in the form, and most importantly - that would not be an instant stripping, but only after a day. WHY? everything is simple.

Having stuck a brick from wood chips and concrete, it is necessary to fix it and restrict movement, because wood has the ability to absorb moisture during the entire drying process, respectively, if you remove formwork instantly, then the chips in the block swell, straighten and spread out, making the block more loose and distorting its geometry.

I traveled all the arbolite production in the Samara region, which I could only find via the Internet. In Chernivka, the blocks are more porous, the chips are large (by the way, they said that they will switch to smaller chips from the 2019 season), the geometry walks, especially the upper part of the block, which has a convex rough surface.

I took a sample. Reached the production at 116km. Also loose block. You pick it up and feel like it's half empty. And so I got to Andrew, arbolit-tlt.ru in Togliatti. Outwardly, the blocks had the correct geometry, did not crumble in their hands, like other blocks.

But, after watching a video on the Internet, I was eager to expose the block to hammer blows. For these purposes, he took a blocking block from Andrei. By the way, it was a sunny day in April, the snow had already disappeared everywhere, the flight with the blocks was right in the sun, I picked up the partition block. 15 cm thick, and it is icy. Can you imagine what a thermos is?

And this is only 15 cm, and it is recommended to build external walls from 30 cm. This fact inspired me very much, because obviously such a house does not need to be insulated. By the way, insulation of the 50th insulation and plaster would cost 1500r / m2 with the material. The facade area of ​​my house is 200m2. In total, this procedure would require 1,500 x 200 = 300,000 rubles. Can you imagine ??? For comparison, the cost of arbolite blocks to my house in 2 floors with an area of ​​160 m2 - 350 000 rub. That's all arithmetic.

Then the fun began! For 2 months I rolled this block in the trunk, showed it to all my friends, and most importantly, to the designers. I was looking for a designer who already had experience working with wood concrete, but everyone, like lepers, imposed gas blocks on me.

I freaked out, led the unfortunate designer to the trunk, pulled out a block, hit the block several times with a hammer, then gave it a try. And the block only crumpled at the point of impact by 1.5-2 cm. In general, the block has undergone at least 50 sweeping strikes. (For comparison, a similar Chernovtsky partition block crumbled after the 3rd blow).

After that I asked questions: What do they dislike about this material? and how does he think his vaunted silicate will crumble after the first or second strike? Thoughtfully muttered something. But in general, I realized that it was beneficial for someone to recommend gas blocks, while someone was stupidly used to working with them.

In general, it turned out that the only production in the Samara region.where the production technologies ensuring quality are maintained - this is from Andrey in arbolit-tlt, therefore he ordered it from him. Sam from Samara. In Samara, Chernivsk blocks are sold at 4,000 r / m3, while Andrei at 4,600 r / m3 + delivery from Togliatti to Samara is more expensive, but I am ready to pay for the quality.

The only thing I still haven’t figured out is how thick the wall should be. I wanted 40 cm, but Andrei, as well as 5 more people who already live in arbolite houses, said that they have 30 cm walls and the houses are very warm + I watched a video on the Internet where, at a thickness of 30 cm and frost, -15 degrees the cost of heating a house with an area of ​​160m2 per month is only 2000-2500r. I am in Khrushchev for 43m2 the same amount I give for heating))

Now I fill in the grillage, in 7-10 days I plan to start laying the walls, and in the meantime, my blocks are stored in the production at Andrey, for which special thanks to him.

I recommend this particular manufacturer to everyone. In terms of production, too, everything is clear.

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Environmental friendliness, profitability, heat, good geometry, reliability, durability.

The absence in Samara, you have to pay extra for delivery from Togliatti.

Good day, I have more a question than a review. Did anyone use 800th cement during construction with manolithic wood concrete? I can’t find the answer anywhere.

Surpasses almost all building materials.

Cons did not find

A year ago they built a house from arbolit, the builders advised, they have already built several such houses, including themselves. I bought in Ivanovo, because in the Moscow Region, production in Podolsk was closed, and production elsewhere took a preliminary order (with full payment) in line for the next year. Built in October 2016. In the summer of 2017, plastered outside. The foundation is a monolithic slab. Now internal work is underway, and it’s still warm in a house without heating! They write a lot about the smell, I don’t know, I’m still that smeller, but the smell is pleasant, with wood and wet concrete, we’ll look at the actual operation, but for now I’m very happy that I chose this material.

Price, microclimate, safety (for health).

Do not buy at the nearest construction market, you must carefully choose a supplier and know what you are buying (many people really consider sawdust to be arbolite and all the negativity from not knowing that I bought something wrong).

Hello! I am from Togliatti, Samara Region, we live in a do-it-yourself arbolite house. Therefore, I write first of all to those who are being built on our own, who do not have extra money, but want normal housing, not a raw concrete bunker or a hut soaked with toxic chemicals in death. Yes, one can and should be built from wood concrete, but only wisely!

My story is not as oily as some presented here and a fly in the ointment for wood concrete, as a material for construction, in my opinion is quite significant. However, first things first. In 2016, my husband and I decided to build our own country house. Arbolite blocks were bought directly in Tolyatti, although they traveled and watched production throughout the region.In our city, they turned out to be the only ones who make arbolite according to all the rules - on a factory machine, in iron forms and with needle chips, and not just stuffing trash in boxes directly on the ground, as, for example, we saw in Samara. So, we put the blocks ourselves, with our family forces. The masonry was done in the mind - with a tensile seam, using a bubble film.

If someone is interested in how this is done, then you can look on the Internet, where we found it, or you can ask me - I will explain in more detail. They put the blocks quickly, in 2 weeks - despite the fact that no one at that time had any experience in construction. The husband said that this is due to the good geometry of the blocks themselves. Arbolite, as a material for construction, was chosen very carefully, they watched a video about it and read a lot, and after all this we could not assume in any way that SUCH AN ADVENTURE with us! All manufacturers always talk about the need to plaster external walls. But we didn’t have this in our plans, since we were planning to brick the walls next year - why do we need double decoration?

We decided to leave it so far in the winter, without finishing. And, as it turned out, very in vain! All autumn the house was dry, which we were extremely happy about. But, before the frosts there was a hurricane north-west wind with gusty torrential rain, the so-called slanting whip. So, having arrived after him, we saw wet walls in the house all over the north side! But this is what: in the corner of the end room (located to the northwest) there was a rather large puddle on the floor !!! There you go! And what will happen in the winter? Suddenly the block will break due to the ice formed in it? The wall, by the way, dried out as soon as the sun came out. Therefore, I conclude that arbolite is not blown and does not absorb moisture, as many write, arbolite passes water through itself, through micro-cracks or pores, as you like. In short, he himself doesn’t really get wet, but if you pour water directly on him, then he pours through it like a sieve ((((I’ll make a reservation that the block is of high quality, without holes and cracks, the seams were even and thin, also without holes ; but then we all the same called the manufacturer and did it right here.

He advised us to wrap the house outside with a vapor-permeable wind-hydro protective membrane. Our entire house is 150 sq.m. cost cost about 3 tr + brackets for a furniture stapler, with which it was mounted on the walls. After the rains there were good winds too, but the walls were dry, the floors too)) Now our house, of course, is finished and beautiful, we have been living in it from the first of April. For almost 4 months of use, I want to talk about my observations in general: the microclimate is good, there is neither excessive humidity nor dryness (we have ventilation, but not forced ventilation, but the usual one - a hole under the ceiling, a corrugation in the attic and into the pipe), an extraneous smell no, it wasn’t even before the interior decoration (I would have noticed it with a very good sense of smell).

Some observations about heat: when the street temperature did not exceed +25 degrees, the house had 19-20 degrees of heat; code on the street went over +35 degrees, in the house with satisfaction for myself I found the maximum temperature rise to 24-25 degrees of heat. You go into the house and the feeling that the room is running air conditioning is cool. By the way, we can’t get cold from the floor, since pipes of a warm water floor were laid in it and the whole temperature in the house was maintained at around + 10 degrees throughout the winter. About sound insulation: when my grandchildren walk under the windows and I am in the boiler room where the plastic window is installed, I can clearly hear their screams and laughter, but in the bedroom, where the window is wooden (made of glued beams), I don’t hear at all, so that something tell the children i need to open the window, because they don’t hear me either. Both windows are double glazed. Therefore, I conclude that with poor sound insulation, the problem is more likely in the windows than in the walls. Everything turned out to be very convenient and fast to fasten on arbolitic walls: that they laid electrics - wires were fixed directly to the walls, that kitchen cabinets were fixed (quickly and securely), that it was just a nail to drive in - no problem! By the way, there are no cracks in the foam and aerated concrete houses, the house did not shrink.We live, we are very happy with everything, we try not to do more stupid things, now we understand that arbolit is not simple material and does not forgive mistakes! Sorry, could not upload the photo.

Easy to build, cool in summer, soundproof, eco-friendly, no insects crawl through it

If you don’t finish with anything, it may get wet

I am writing, in freezing, in arbalite houses. To plaster from outside and inside! and all! What is mineral wool? What do you not think? what is it purged? Only after plaster arbalit will earn 100 percent!

Quickly erected inexpensive.

Plaster is not for everyone and strength!

Expensive time of day. I’m writing blocks from Tolyatti from a local manufacturer, erected walls and covered the roof in 2015. In March 2016, he installed windows and doors, after which he revealed such shortcomings as noise, the insulation is not what it is not at all, and this is still blown like a sieve, it is well felt inside the house from the leeward side! Since the arbalitic blog is breathing, it was decided to insulate it with a min of cotton wool of 50 mm density 38, pulled the A film up to the top and covered it all with siding. The noise inside was reduced a little, all hope for internal plastering. The solution chose cement sand and a plasticizer, after the plaster some acoustic comfort appeared in the house. At the onset of cold weather -10 revealed such a minus through the window slopes that I did not plaster and through the holes for sockets and switches breaks in cold air, how so? Min cotton wool film vapor barrier siding did not solve the blowing problem, what will happen in -30? How to solve this problem didn’t you really have to plaster and only then make a cake? Then why is such a block needed?

Quickly erected, sawn well by a chainsaw

Like wood, low noise insulation. The porous structure of the block is easily blown by the wind, requires two-sided protection. High price.

Unfortunately, we did not like the house made of wood concrete. This unpleasant smell in the rooms, which was preserved even after the plastering of the rooms (although the masters claimed that everything would disappear). The air is dry, constantly having problems with this, tried to buy a humidifier - all to no avail. We need a lot of insulation, as a result, we all the same froze, trying to warm ourselves, and in especially cold times we did not leave the heater. We did not install the “warm floor” system at one time, so now we have to tackle it. However, the neighbors who have recently taken advice from the Internet now also suffer - they say that it is simply impossible to breathe in the house, it is so dry and cold in it. Machining is also not up to par, which leads to certain thoughts.

normal sound

cold, bad smell after repair, dry air, which so far does not disappear.

About four years ago, they started building a house on my land, which is located on the outskirts of the city in which I live with my family. I chose arbolite as a building material and do not regret my choice.

The house was built in about two months. There were no particular difficulties with the use of wood concrete during the construction work. This material lends itself well to drilling and is excellently sawn. Therefore, in the finished house there were no difficulties with mounting on the walls of paintings or books or kitchen shelves.

I have no complaints about the house. It is comfortable in the sultry heat in the summer and in severe frosts in the winter. The house holds heat well and almost all winters the temperature in the house is over 20 degrees and I even turned on the “warm floor” system, which is prudently mounted in the floor, only a few times. In winter, the cost of heating the house is only slightly higher than the rent, and in summer, the cost of maintaining the house is scanty.

the house warms up well and keeps warm.

are absent.

It was the combination of wood and cement that helped me make the choice in favor of wood concrete. I live in a small village where many owners have already used this material in construction. Nowadays, there is a fashion for environmentally friendly products, including building materials.

I purchased blocks for the construction at the factory, which was advised by the neighbors. The quality is good, the blocks with good geometry, so the masonry mortar took a little bit, and the walls turned out quite smooth.
For interior decoration, he did not “reinvent the wheel” and plastered the walls with a classic mortar of sand and cement. Nevertheless, I decided to protect the external walls from the rain in a more reliable way. He attached a grid on which a plaster mortar was applied, and then a bark beetle. It turned out quite a respectable house.

Arbolite itself is a reliable and natural material, you just need to carefully examine it when buying. Pay attention to color, uniformity and geometry and, problems will definitely not arise.

Warm house, dry and durable walls.

High consumption of plaster mix.