Slump Stone Blocks
This testing apparatus is readily available from contractor s tool suppliers although all ready mix suppliers will test the slump of their delivered product on request.
Slump stone blocks. Create your own price list in homewyse lists for a basic project in zip code 47474 with 120 square feet the cost to install a slump block wall starts at 13 31 14 21 per square foot. What is slump block and what makes it so different from standard concrete masonry block units. This causes the concrete block to keep a slumped appearance like adobe brick. Special lightweight blocks can cost as much as 3 00 each.
Both bricks and concrete masonry are relatively inexpensive. Both structural an non structural slump block concrete blocks are available. Echelon slump block standard masonry is a normal weight hollow load bearing concrete masonry unit that maintains the same basic standard dimensions as regular concrete masonry. Slumpstone concrete block for manufactured to combine the warm look of adobe with the strength and consistency of concrete block.
Actual costs will depend on job size conditions and options. Available selection of slump block concrete block shapes sizes and configurations. To estimate costs for your project. Labor can bring wall prices up significantly however.
A varity of shapes and sizes are available through special order for your concrete masnory unit project. Slump block is a concrete block unit that is removed from the mold before it has a chance to completely set. As of 2011 a single clay brick costs about 1 50 while an 8 inch concrete block costs about 1 35. The slump of a concrete or mortar is determined via a fairly simple test using incredibly simple equipment comprising a 300mm high hollow steel cone with handles a steel tamping rod a steel base plate and a tape measure.
Use in fences or site walls.