The Shed Thread

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:06:03 +0000 (UTC), Ian Smith
wrote:

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Breeze blocks are concrete blocks.


Oh really - I am surprised that you have not found a reference to back that up.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:46:14 +0100, "Simon Mason"
wrote:



"Ian Smith" wrote in message
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Breeze blocks _are_ concrete blocks.

Do try and pay attention.

You are talking about thick trolls here.
They are pretty dumb animals you know.


Oh dear :

OED : breeze : Small cinders and cinder-dust, used in burning bricks, etc.
Breeze block. Fine cinders, crushed coke, furnace clinker and burnt brick are
used under the name of breeze in the construction of blocks for
housebuilding...Breeze-blocks are fire-resisting, light and porous, suited for
partitions and other internal walling.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:17:34 +0100, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote:

On 27/04/2012 19:24, Bertie Wooster wrote:
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The blocks are on a crazy paving patio. The patio has been there at
least 60 years, but I have no idea what is under the patio.

I do :-)

GFY

Oh diddums.


It looks to me as if you may just have touched a nerve there.

Why on earth has he had to say GFY in answer to you innocuous line of:
I do :-)

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:21:12 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

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...... howler was that breeze blocks were just compacted ash and
cinder without cement to bond it together


I am sure that you can point out that post from Dave which said that - unless
you are lying.


Smith claimed that breeze blocks *were* concrete blocks.

They aren't.

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:24:27 +0100, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote:

On 28/04/2012 08:44, Ian Smith wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:13:50 +0100, Bertie wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:06:03 +0000 (UTC), Ian Smith
wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, wrote:

Breeze blocks are not made out of concrete - they are made out
of ash and cinder.

No, you are wrong (again). Bertie is right. Breeze blocks were
concrete blocks that used breeze as aggregate.

Breeze blocks are concrete blocks. Breeze blocks are not dense
concrete blocks, but that doesn't mean they are not concrete
blocks.

I can sort of understand Judith not knowing about building
materials - after all, I know little enough.

Indeed, I wouldn't expect anyone outside a small specialised sub-set
of construction professionals to know what breeze actually is.

Oh come off it. Everyone knows what a breeze block is. Cwispin
couldn't even ****ing spell it properly.

I wouldn't expect you or Judith or indeed anyone else who frequents the
group to know what it is. I certainly would not criticise anyone for
not knowing.

Quick poll. How many people on the NG know what a breeze block is?



Please Sir, please Sir - I know - and I know how they are made : Mr Smith told
me that breeze blocks are actually concrete blocks - so they *must* be made
from concrete.

Please Sir - what's a patio? What's it used for?

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:46:24 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:24:27 +0100, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote:

Quick poll. How many people on the NG know what a breeze block is?

You didn't know that it was a concrete block.


Perhaps because it isn't - Smith was quite wrong; particularly with his
emphasis.

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:22:11 +0100, Judith
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:21:12 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

snip


...... howler was that breeze blocks were just compacted ash and
cinder without cement to bond it together


I am sure that you can point out that post from Dave which said that - unless
you are lying.


Smith claimed that breeze blocks *were* concrete blocks.

They aren't.

Wikipedia is often wrong, but I don't think so in this case:

=====Quote=====
Concrete blocks are made from cast concrete, i.e. Portland cement and
aggregate, usually sand and fine gravel for high-density blocks. Lower
density blocks may use industrial wastes as an aggregate. Those that
use cinders (fly ash or bottom ash) are called cinder blocks in the
US, breeze blocks (breeze is a synonym of ash)[1] in the UK and are
also known as besser blocks or bricks in Australia.
=====/Quote=====
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_masonry_unit

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:15:50 +0100, Judith
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:19:17 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:28:16 +0100, Judith
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:12:08 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:23:23 +0000 (UTC), Ian Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:03 +0100, Judith wrote:
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:42:02 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:38:11 +0100, Rob Morley
wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:56:46 +0100
Bertie Wooster wrote:

The blocks I have are these:
http://www.diy.com/nav/build/buildin...k-Grey-9273670

"Dense" is the clue that they're not breeze blocks. Just as well,
you wouldn't want low density blocks for foundations.

So, Medwit was wrong, and building a log cabin on concrete blocks,
as I propose doing

No - you clearly thought that you were putting it on
breeze/brieze/breize blocks

Breeze blocks _are_ concrete blocks.

Don't confuse the poor man.


Oh dear - Crispin fails again at the English language test.

Breeze blocks are not made out of concrete - they are made out of ash and
cinder.

I'm inclined to believe Ian over Deckwit.



Oh really - so you believe that "breeze blocks *are* concrete blocks" do you.

Well I wouldn't - because Smith is wrong.

Nice confession.

On 28/04/2012 18:12, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:15:50 +0100,
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:19:17 +0100, Bertie
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:28:16 +0100,
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:12:08 +0100, Bertie
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:23:23 +0000 (UTC), Ian Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:03 +0100, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:42:02 +0100, Bertie
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:38:11 +0100, Rob
wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:56:46 +0100
Bertie wrote:

The blocks I have are these:
http://www.diy.com/nav/build/buildin...k-Grey-9273670

"Dense" is the clue that they're not breeze blocks. Just as well,
you wouldn't want low density blocks for foundations.

So, Medwit was wrong, and building a log cabin on concrete blocks,
as I propose doing

No - you clearly thought that you were putting it on
breeze/brieze/breize blocks

Breeze blocks _are_ concrete blocks.

Don't confuse the poor man.


Oh dear - Crispin fails again at the English language test.

Breeze blocks are not made out of concrete - they are made out of ash and
cinder.

I'm inclined to believe Ian over Deckwit.



Oh really - so you believe that "breeze blocks *are* concrete blocks" do you.

Well I wouldn't - because Smith is wrong.

Nice confession.

"Tom Crispin feels he has been misquoted. As Fahri’s only male primary
teacher, he says the comment must have come from him, although he has no
recollection of making it".

--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University

On 28/04/2012 18:08, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:22:11 +0100,
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:21:12 +0100, Bertie
wrote:

snip


...... howler was that breeze blocks were just compacted ash and
cinder without cement to bond it together


I am sure that you can point out that post from Dave which said that - unless
you are lying.


Smith claimed that breeze blocks *were* concrete blocks.

They aren't.

Wikipedia is often wrong, but I don't think so in this case:

=====Quote=====
Concrete blocks are made from cast concrete, i.e. Portland cement and
aggregate, usually sand and fine gravel for high-density blocks. Lower
density blocks may use industrial wastes as an aggregate. Those that
use cinders (fly ash or bottom ash) are called cinder blocks in the
US, breeze blocks (breeze is a synonym of ash)[1] in the UK and are
also known as besser blocks or bricks in Australia.
=====/Quote=====
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_masonry_unit

"Tom Crispin feels he has been misquoted. As Fahri’s only male primary
teacher, he says the comment must have come from him, although he has no
recollection of making it".

--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University