Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor

Yobbo · Post by **Yobbo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:09 pm

Vertical steal rods are most likely secured to the slab then the blocks are slotted through and bolted to a top plate.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:15 pm

Yobbo wrote:Vertical steal rods are most likely secured to the slab then the blocks are slotted through and bolted to a top plate.

this was my thinking as well as you can see the square holes in the centre and the ends, still dont see how any tom dick and harry with no building skills would be able to build a house though, most people struggle putting together a Ikea wardrobe let alone a house

juansweetpotato · Post by **juansweetpotato** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:16 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote:i like blockwork as its quick and simple, but we get paid more for doing it, in the UK Blockwork, i was last getting paid about £11pm2, that works out to £1.1 per block, say im building a wall thats 15 blocks long, i could lay 15 blocks in about 5 minutes, but ill say 10 for easiness (due to cutting blocks/adjusting the line/scraping snots) thats £16.50 per course or £99 per hour, i wouldnt normally build a block wall higher than 9 courses, so thats £148.50 for that wall, for the sake of this lets say it took me 2 hours to build after all the messing around, thats £148.50 for 2 hours work,
without a labourer i can lay about 100 bricks an hour, with a labourer 150, so in 2 hours thats 2-300 bricks, i was last getting paid £400 per 1000 bricks, so that works out between £80-120, but for the same sized wall there would be 720 bricks which is £288
so its quicker laying blocks and the worker can earn money quicker, and its cheaper for the contractor

(just a basic guideline)

Good stuff Jamie, I love to know about the prices nowadays. I expect in Cambodia it is different on small projects as the workers, especially if employed by foreign clients, want to take as much time as possibly as they work by the day usually, so they earn more money if they take longer. Especially if they go slow. Which they do.

Hardly Lego if they use mortar, but I agree with your analysis.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:35 pm

juansweetpotato wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:i like blockwork as its quick and simple, but we get paid more for doing it, in the UK Blockwork, i was last getting paid about £11pm2, that works out to £1.1 per block, say im building a wall thats 15 blocks long, i could lay 15 blocks in about 5 minutes, but ill say 10 for easiness (due to cutting blocks/adjusting the line/scraping snots) thats £16.50 per course or £99 per hour, i wouldnt normally build a block wall higher than 9 courses, so thats £148.50 for that wall, for the sake of this lets say it took me 2 hours to build after all the messing around, thats £148.50 for 2 hours work,
without a labourer i can lay about 100 bricks an hour, with a labourer 150, so in 2 hours thats 2-300 bricks, i was last getting paid £400 per 1000 bricks, so that works out between £80-120, but for the same sized wall there would be 720 bricks which is £288
so its quicker laying blocks and the worker can earn money quicker, and its cheaper for the contractor

(just a basic guideline)
Good stuff Jamie, I love to know about the prices nowadays. I expect in Cambodia it is different on small projects as the workers, especially if employed by foreign clients, want to take as much time as possibly as they work by the day usually, so they earn more money if they take longer. Especially if they go slow. Which they do.

Hardly Lego if they use mortar, but I agree with your analysis.

in about 2010/2011 prices went to shit! most building sites closed down because banks had stopped lending money, i think the worst prices we got were £190/1000bricks and about £5.5pm2 blockwork, my last prices were £400/1000 and £11pm2

i still remember the good times of bricklaying in the UK in my first few years when you would get paid for all the damp proof coursing, wall ties, lintals, cavity socks, insualtion etc etc all extras were extra, now all extras are included in the price! the brickies i worked for doing my apprentichip were earning £1500 mon-thurs, friday was doing some snagging and cafe and pub day

thats one reason why i prefer brickwork, as there is more work, and eventually more money in it, block works good but it takes a lot quicker to pop up, i can lay 800 bricks on a good day without a labourer which is/was about £320

Yobbo · Post by **Yobbo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:42 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Yobbo wrote:Vertical steal rods are most likely secured to the slab then the blocks are slotted through and bolted to a top plate.
this was my thinking as well as you can see the square holes in the centre and the ends, still dont see how any tom dick and harry with no building skills would be able to build a house though, most people struggle putting together a Ikea wardrobe let alone a house

Hehe I had to build an Ikea bed for a client once but had to do it twice!
How come they don't use double brick cavity construction in Cam Jamie?

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:57 pm

Yobbo wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Yobbo wrote:Vertical steal rods are most likely secured to the slab then the blocks are slotted through and bolted to a top plate.
this was my thinking as well as you can see the square holes in the centre and the ends, still dont see how any tom dick and harry with no building skills would be able to build a house though, most people struggle putting together a Ikea wardrobe let alone a house
Hehe I had to build an Ikea bed for a client once but had to do it twice!
How come they don't use double brick cavity construction in Cam Jamie?

i guess it would consist of a number of factors, there is little need for thermal insulation here in Cambodia, i doubt you would often find cavities with insulation in many hot climates,
im not fully aware of completely how they build the buildings (espeshially internally) out here but im sure they must have some sort of DPC whether it be a paint or membrane as i dont often see damp patches,
but then again concrete is far less absorbent of water than masonry blocks and bricks (which is why i hate engineering bricks due to their denseness it takes far longer for the bricks to absorb the water out the mortar mix to create the bond)
plus theres the cost factor as well, cavity walls are far more expensive to build, not just for the fact theres 2 skins or wall, but you need the Ties, weep vents etc etc
i once got the plans from some multi millionaire who wanted a house building, and wanted a double cavity, it was ridiculous lol

Yobbo · Post by **Yobbo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:18 pm

Hmm would of thought it would be essential in a humid climate.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:27 pm

Yobbo wrote:Hmm would of thought it would be essential in a humid climate.

a lot of buildings tend to have ventilation bricks to allow ventilation

cptrelentless · Post by **cptrelentless** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:48 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: im not fully aware of completely how they build the buildings (espeshially internally) out here but im sure they must have some sort of DPC whether it be a paint or membrane as i dont often see damp patches

I have watched a number of local buildings going up, a four story and a number of smaller ones, I can assure you none of the buggers have any sort of damp proofing. They dig a little bit in the dirt, put in a cat box for a pillar and rebar up to the first floor on the big ones, or about a foot down and just start plopping the mortar and bricks on the dirt. It's quite a stiff mix, about 3:1 I'd guess, and it's the same mix for mortaring and rendering. Although they do sieve their pile of cat litter through a net it's probably still almost aggregate. Pour this on some of your hardcore and you have the floor, or on the bigger ones you stop at each floor and lay a concrete and rebar floor. These are poured at different times, so you've got a nice load of joints where the two meet held only by some rebar. Not really earthquake proof. It's a new surprise every time.

cpandrea · Post by **cpandrea** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:02 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Duncan wrote:
John Bingham wrote:
juansweetpotato wrote: Definitely quicker and need less labour without mortar The problem is selling them.
Where does it say they don't need mortar?
And where does it say they do need mortar ?
at first i was going to say it was obviously bonded (likely with mortar)
but then i double checked the block and they have tapered edges to give the illusion of joints, but still it must have some sort of adhesive/mortar, it just wouldnt be structually sound without it, if they were bigger blocks and weighed a lot more then sure, but the size of the blocks, and the weight (i can judge by the way hes holding it) the size of the "Key" (theyre not that deep, plus if a mortar is used then it would make them slightly pointless, so it could be right that no mortar is used) i just cant see how it could be structually sound.
id be interested to learn more about it, and the specs, as i could be missing some details,

if I remember correctly they are using a bit mortar, the blocks are small but heavy
and the house is cooler than a smilar house build with clay bricks

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