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Can clay bricks be mixed with (either aerated or dense) concrete blocks in a single wall?
I thought they can't be mixed because of their different u-values and how they shrink/expand at different rates which would produce cracking. Yet I see a lot of mixed brick and block wall construction like the in the photos attached.
The reason I ask is that I've got to rebuild a brick wall to imbed new joists back into it and I'm hoping I can build it up using something like aerated blocks (about 5.2n thermolite blocks).
I thought they can't be mixed because of their different u-values and how they shrink/expand at different rates which would produce cracking. Yet I see a lot of mixed brick and block wall construction like the in the photos attached.
The reason I ask is that I've got to rebuild a brick wall to imbed new joists back into it and I'm hoping I can build it up using something like aerated blocks (about 5.2n thermolite blocks).