Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Is Perth still obsessed with double brick? 3May 26, 2021 10:51 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Is Perth still obsessed with double brick? 6May 26, 2021 11:40 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Is Perth still obsessed with double brick? 7May 26, 2021 11:55 am StructuralBIMGuy LOL, they sold insulation and sips as saving energy and the environment as well ie Sips Panels Grenfell OT, Those of us that have been around long enough also remember Thermalite Brick Disaster. BTW, Google has pushed back thermalite bricks in the search engine, but you can search WA parliament records as to what happened to many of battlers and punters that put their trust and life savings into then an inferior product. Goodluck Yeah far out, you’re right google doesn’t give much when you search Thermalite Bricks, I honestly don’t know much about it. I do remember the SIP panels, so I can see there is 100% validity and reasoning behind why double brick still the mainstay. Nothing against DB, just interested so thanks for the info! id suggest getting an engineer to give you an opinion rather than a builder. 1 10867 I am saying that double brick has similar thermal performance due to thermal mass effect. It will be still very interesting to see the state of your framing after 10-15… 10 21647 5 6826 |