Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:32 am Ants and termites don't really care about plastering or cement, they can easily finds ways through or around it. Still, those bricks don't really save much money.

MickyC wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:35 am

beaker wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:58 am Anyone thinking of building a home should check out the Eco bricks made in Phnom Penh. The price , last I checked, was $7 for a pallet of ~50 bricks. They can be laid by anyone with out any experience much like 'Lego' bricks and would be a great family project. They also save as they look great without having to be cemented over as the traditional building style here also come in different colors and some have decorative images pressed into the bricks.

I looked into this brick myself and thought it to be an interesting alternative to the "usual" bricks being used in Cambodia.

I contacted Hav from "My Dream Home" who makes a similar brick in PP... to get some cost's and as mentioned here it is about $7/m2 not including transportation costs.

There is a similar design brick in Malaysia (as there are others in Thailand), however, the one that "My Dream Home" offers is a size of 200mm x 100mm x 100mm which I am not too fond of as I'd prefer the width to be broader than it's dimension in height (as is found to be in most western brick dimensions).

I still think it is a good alternative to try and would not hurt to apply a thin layer around the top of the surface of the brick, maybe some thinner mortar or sikaflex of some sort to seal it from any termites/ants.

MickyC wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:35 am

beaker wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:58 am Anyone thinking of building a home should check out the Eco bricks made in Phnom Penh. The price , last I checked, was $7 for a pallet of ~50 bricks. They can be laid by anyone with out any experience much like 'Lego' bricks and would be a great family project. They also save as they look great without having to be cemented over as the traditional building style here also come in different colors and some have decorative images pressed into the bricks.

I looked into this brick myself and thought it to be an interesting alternative to the "usual" bricks being used in Cambodia.

I contacted Hav from "My Dream Home" who makes a similar brick in PP... to get some cost's and as mentioned here it is about $7/m2 not including transportation costs.

There is a similar design brick in Malaysia (as there are others in Thailand), however, the one that "My Dream Home" offers is a size of 200mm x 100mm x 100mm which I am not too fond of as I'd prefer the width to be broader than it's dimension in height (as is found to be in most western brick dimensions).

I still think it is a good alternative to try and would not hurt to apply a thin layer around the top of the surface of the brick, maybe some thinner mortar or sikaflex of some sort to seal it from any termites/ants.