The Zlatograd blast furnace - timeless building material

What is a cinder block? It is such a huge hollow brick, made of slag with the addition of cement. Yes it's all know, you can not explain. He is heavier than bricks, of course. But the wall can be laid out only in one row of cinder block. Garages and built.

And what is slag? Slag is a waste of metallurgical production. And in abundance it can be found in large metallurgical centers. Zaporozhye is one of such centers. Therefore, the slagblock Zaporozhye - a familiar phrase.

But I in Zaporozhye met keramzitobloki, and blockades. Although they are also called out of habit - a cinder block, and that's it. It turns out, cinder block - a common noun.

In theory, the cinder block should be the cheapest of all this variety of blocks. Once the slag is waste products, then the raw material is almost a gift. In theory, for its export from production, and still rely on payment, because you also decided part of the problems of the company for waste disposal.

A claydite is not a waste of production, but rather an expensive piece. As a result, annealing is obtained. All the nuances of technology I do not know, but already one annealing of what it costs.

Let the screening out there with great stretch be called a waste of the granite production of crushed stone. And then, screening can be stored forever. Sooner or later, but there is a buyer. But the slag, if it is poured into a pile, through time is hard. Even without the addition of cement. So not only is this a waste of production, so it also has to be sold quickly, And this also affects the price.

Of course, today the slagblock has already lost its positions, which occupied some 20 years ago in the building materials market. There were many other "competitors". The same rakushnyak from the Crimea. Or aerated concrete, foam concrete. Yes, even the same foam plastic thermo blocks of the "warm house" system.

In the eighties, we built keramzit bloks from time to time. Then they encased a brick. Warm, of course. But, I think, it will be warmer from aerated concrete. And the garage was built of a cinder block. By own strength. And quickly, and reliably. Although on their own, but it turned out pretty neat. Of brick, we would not have done so well.

Now there is a more modern cinder block. He has a pretty front side. So people build from such a cinder block in Zaporozhye and fences, and houses. The fence looks great. I saw a fence where the slag blocks alternate with the rear and the front side. It turns out a good view both from the street and from the yard. Original view.

And since in our city there is still slag - waste products, I think that the cinder block Zaporozhye should have a good future. Perhaps such a decorative cinder block will be refreshed, a variety of patterns and surfaces will appear, the accuracy of manufacturing as for foam blocks. That during construction it was possible to speed up the process and save on solution.

And I also met slag houses in Zaporozhye. Put on the foundation formwork, and gradually poured concrete slag-based mortar. We built it in due time. Now can already slagged houses no one does, although the material is abundant. Here we will decide next to the garage to build an extension, we must not forget about slag. And that, after all, it's not for nothing that they say that the new is good enough and old forgotten.