Interlocking Blocks

[fido]

I want to build a new garage this year but have not decided what type of construction to use. If I go for normal concrete blocks I will have to get a bricky to lay them as I could not do it accurately enough. One option I am looking at is a kit garage with metal frame and box profile sheeting for the walls and roof. This would be easy to put up but might not be acceptable to the local council. I have recently been told about some hollow interlocking concrete blocks which you lay dry and then fill the cavity with concrete. Has anyone tried these and what are they called

 

[masona]

The cheapest & the easiest for the diy'er are the pre-cast slab garage kit. You either love them or hate them Mind you there're some nice one now.

 

[fido]

I did look at the prefab concrete ones but they seemed very expensive.

 

[masona]

How much is your budget?

 

[kevplumb]

see item 9

 

[breezer]

expensive to some is not to others

 

[-dj-]

fido, i think you are on about "beco wallform" they can be laid by your average diy-r. polystyrene interlocking blocks that are then filled with concrete. check out the link.
http://www.becowallform.co.uk/


dj.

 

[fido]

Thanks dj, these are not what I had in mind but they are a possibility and I have contacted the firm for more info. I wonder how you tamp down the concrete without bursting the polystyrene? No, the blocks I had been told about were made of concrete, so could provide an exterior finish if required.