My initial interest in going for Porotherm was to use their dryfix solution, which was ruled out after discussion with Architect and Portotherm representative saying it needs complete pillar frames and since bricks are horizontally laid it won't act as load bearing.My house is G+1 with only 3 pillars for cellar parking construction hence we cannot go for this
Next was Porotherm with Vertical arrangement for load bearing with cement plastering, though they say it is load bearing since we don't have column/beams allover the house (We are not even using plinth concrete) this was also ruled out, another things amount of energy spent in making this bricks (Electricity, may be i am expecting too much
, but we did argued on this point as well)they we came back to cement blocks and Burnt bricks, i some how can't relate to cement block (my personal reasons), and sicne i was looking for coooler home the cement block is not helping much. also when we did our estimate with cement Vs Burnt Brick Vs CSEB mub bricks using cement blocks of good quality the price difference was only 60,000. this lead us go for more sustainable way of building home using Mud bricks onsite since cost is going to be same and if we plan to leave it exposed on one side that will save us money in plastering and painting. some how mentally also i felt good about going for it and i felt i am doing something Unique
