What will happen to aerated concrete in the most difficult conditions? I show it on the example of my construction site, and I believe only in my eyes (+ video).

Why do some people have aerated concrete destroyed by frost and water in the first year, while others live for years without finishing? Here, either someone is cheating, or does not understand what he is talking about ...

Friends, great hello to everyone! Each construction technology has its own pros and cons. Therefore, here you need to make a choice based on specific conditions.

But with this choice, often, a person focuses on the minuses. That is, it does not matter what is good there, but the bad needs to be considered in more detail.

And this is the case when "you can make an elephant out of a fly."

For me, a very striking example is associated with my home.

How long have I been writing articles about how I build a house from aerated concrete, so much time, some "specialists" write to me in the comments that in a few years my entire building will fall apart. And the main arguments (that is, the disadvantages of aerated concrete) put forward it

• Fragility.
• Increased hygroscopicity.
• And along with this, frost intolerance.

And at the same time, the most important argument for many is the stories that some neighbor's house there, without finishing, turned into dust, after a few years ...

And they also give photographs of this kind.

But I'm used to trusting not stories, but my own eyes.

In some articles on my channel, I have already touched on the topic of how my walls look without any decoration. Despite the fact that they have been standing for two years.

✅ But there is a more vivid example of how aerated concrete tolerates atmospheric influences.

These remnants of the blocks have survived for two years, while they are not covered or protected by anything.

All this time, they actively absorbed moisture from rain and snow, while more than once they were frozen and thawed. And what happened to them ???

Nothing wrong. A bit of greenery has appeared, but that's okay. As for any cracks or peeling of the material, there is not even a hint.

But where, then, are all these pictures of crumbling blocks?

The fact is that many people still confuse two concepts - This is "aerated concrete" and "foam concrete".

So that's it artisanal "foam concrete"(he always was, and which poured into the market, probably in the early 2000s), and did so much anti-advertising "autoclaved aerated concrete", which is now produced in factories, and has completely different characteristics.

And for me, my, illustrative example is the best proof.

Here is a video on this topic, everything is more clear there.

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