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@Santro
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

Can u please share the "more sustainable way of building home using Mud bricks onsite " cost of such bricks. Whom to contact? u can send PM please.

thanks

Thanks Raghu,

One of my relative built G+2 house (A room 10x12 in 2nd floor) with only 2 pillers & they have used wienerberger blocks (Vertically mounted) in major portion of the house & rest using burnt bricks & also some parts they even plastered for pleasent look. This was around 2years back when wienerberger was in startup phase & price was about Rs 35-38 for each block.

Dear Santro - Can you send me some dtls of the G+1 unit made of Wienerberger blocks with 2 columns only? I am at present working on my house and looking for some examples. You ca PM me.

regards

raghu bhat

Santro, can you please send me some pics and details of the 3 pillar + porotherm bricks. I am also in the process of constructing a house. Any help appreciated.

Hi All,

there has been less activity in this forum from the past month. I think many of us are curious with regards to Porotherm bricks, Dru fix, cost etc

Santro, can you please provide some details of what raghubhat asked for. It will benefit us all.

regards
-Biddappa

Hi Biddappa ,

I discussed with my relative on 2 pillars construction, following is the explanation given by them.

House details: 30x40 plot

Ground floor: One car parking, 1 BHK
First floor: Living room, 2 Rooms
Second Floor: 1 Room & Terrace

Initially Architect proposed 9 pillar, While reviewing drawings, house owner observed all rooms walls aligned hence they though they could remove some of the pillars. They put up this propose with architect but she did not agree.
Their Contractor who himself is an engineer agreed to this proposal & consulted his friend an structural engineer who modified the plan with only 2 pillars and finally this was succeed.

I could not collect Engineer contact number as it close to 3 years & they have lost the number.

Regards
Santosh

Thank you very much Santosh...appreciate your help

Hi All,

Has anyone constructed using Porotherm + Dry fix? Any experiences

Hi All,

Can any one provide some construction sites to see where they have used porotherm. My need is to have exposed bricks and do plastering internally and make the house look more earthly...Any disadvantage of using porotherm clay hollow bricks and leaving it exposed in the long run....