Once again, price will vary greatly depending on where you live and who you hire.
How much does it cost to have breeze block installed, and what is the process? So as you can see, taking the time to shop the options is a good use of your time. I paid $4.28 per sq ft (which is one block) from Best Block in their cloverleaf design.Īnother popular breeze block company, Tesselle, sells a block that is the same size and design and is prepainted white for $37.99 per sq ft (one block).Īnother company, Clay Imports, sells a similar design that comes in a terracotta two-block version for $15.91 per sq ft. The price of breezeblock is all over the map, so you will need to shop around.
The size will vary slightly based on the manufacturer, but usually they are 1 ft x 1 ft. On their website is called fence block and they only have one design. I recommend using this guide from Retro Renovation, which tells you where you can purchase them by state. They used to be carried by Home Depot and Lowes, but have been discontinued. So if you want to get your hands on some, you will need to include the following terms in your search – While “breeze block” is the most common term, it goes by many names. They are most often used in warmer climates and for privacy walls on entryways, patios, gardens, and courtyards. They come in many different designs, which add texture and pattern to a space.
It is lightweight, nonstructural, and features holes for ventilation. What is breeze block?īreeze block is a decorative concrete block that was popular in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s.
CURVED BREEZE BLOCK WALL CRACKED
A friend said maybe when it was built one of the blocks may have cracked but the builder just rendered over the top of it, although I’m not sure if this is the case.The exterior of the house is almost complete, and the very last piece of the puzzle is the breeze block wall! This is the part I’ve been the most excited about, since it’s probably the most unique feature on the front elevation and really gives it that mid-century flair I’m after.īefore I show you pictures of it going up on my house, let me answer a few questions.
CURVED BREEZE BLOCK WALL CRACK
Now some 6 months later again the crack has re appeared. I also put some filler on the side of the wall which is not rendered, just in case there was a crack and water was getting in on the inside. After 6 months the crack has re appeared so I started again and used Toupret exterior filler to repair the crack. I think it is breeze block (although not sure) and I dug out the crack and filled it with exterior filler. After about a year it seems to have developed a vertical stepped shaped crack on the outside of the wall. it’s breeze block exterior garden block wall around 4 feet high and around 30 feet long with expansion joints (please see photos) built around 2 years ago. I had wall built and the outside face was then rendered (the inside is not seen and has bushes up against it, so that side was not rendered).
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