They are 190 mm thick and filled with conrete. The walls are all only vertically loaded. The block i will use is hollow 4 inch thick 8 inch high and 16 inch long cinder block i will need about 66-70 pieces puts the cost at around 75 bucks for the block cheap rightīags of cement are 3.I'm designing a building that has a lot of masonry walls that are just a bit too slender to go without vertical reinforcement, according to Eurocode 6 at least. I will be doing a woodin 2/4 three pieces from for the front as im gonna leave the glass up about 1 inch so a can support the top edge some how ill figure that out I have decided to do a 3 inch thick foundation first that measures 4feet4 inchs wide and 8 feet 4 inchs long at 3-4 inchs thick wen this hardens enough to put in walls im guess 1 or 2 days i will like you sugested rebar all corners 4 pieces for each corner 6 in the back and 6 in the front at every 2 feet Ok piranha dan since you seem to be the only one with any inthusiasim for this project Definitely put one on each side of the windows you want to put in though, you're for sure going to need extra reinforcement around them. You could more then likely get away with taking about half of them out. That being said, I don't think you need quite as many pieces as I drew in there. You have to anchor the walls to the floor somehow to keep the water from pushing the wall sideways. What this means is that when you have this thing set up and full, the water will be pushing against the side of the wall, trying, in essense, to pull the wall apart at the joints. However, like I said, the load you're planning on placing on these things is tensile. Mostly thats done by the frames and centerbraces on the top and bottom (that's why tanks can explode if the centerbraces break).īigredjeep's example of holding up a monster Suburban with one block is a great example of how strong cinderblock is under compression (you can build the foundation of a house out of it). The silicone isn't the only thing holding your tank together though. Then you fill in the hollow spaces around the rebar with concrete.ĭamn.AutoCAD skills are rusty.took me like 20 minutes to draw this lol. You're going to have to take pieces of rebar, anchor them into the concrete pad, then build your wall so the rebar is sticking through the hollow spaces of the cinderblocks up to the top. Just cementing it in place is not going to be enough, if you do that, the weight of all that water is going to literally push your wall out and apart. The biggest problem you're going to have with this is anchoring the cinderblock wall to the concrete it's sitting on. Basically, you're going to make a Cinderblock rectangle on a concrete pad, seal it, and fill it with water right?Īre you planning on doing this outside, or in your basement? Let me see if I've got this right, first of all. Im thinking a 8-10 feet by 4 feet wide by 30 or so inchs highĪlso would would i need that epoxy paint or will the cement wen cured be enoughĬinder Blocks have great compression strength (as in, a vertical force pushing down on them, like a house sitting on a foundation), but they're not the best in terms of tensile strength, which is what you're going to be dealing with. My questions are would i have to fill the hollow part of the blocks with cement wen it is built or is coating the inside enough for strengh as this would only be like 30 or so inchs high My only guestion is would it hold water im sure i will have to cement the inside using a trow to get a smooth coat of cement all around the inside parimeter of the blocks Im sure a couple of you guys have some knowedge in this stuff ive bin going through my huge tank options for some time now and it seems that the most cost effecient and easyest way to do a huge pond is eather cement or cinder blocks now as most of you know cement pond requires making a form to pour the cement in too to get the shape that sucks im not intrested in that amount of workīut cider blocks hell i could easily build a big rectangle or square with those hollow cinderblocks and fill the bottom with cement
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