Regarding cover plates. Masonry block is porous, so I don’t believe mold is the reason. The main reason is design, which either calls for fully grouted(all cells) or partially grouted(at rebar only) walls.
Well, skilled builders aside, code requirements in places like Florida is what determines their use. Not the builder. And thats coming from the mouth of a retired licensed builder in the state of Florida.
Cement, stone, and concrete breath on its own....its ports The reason is money! and by code they don't have to fill it so they dont Wherever they are anyway
Why? If they wanted a solid concrete wall, setting up forms and doing a monolithic pour is faster and cheaper. There's no good reason to be using CMUs at all if that's what you want.
@@peterrose5373It’s only faster and cheaper if you can afford the human power to do it all at once. For diy’ers building a wall, CMUs allow you to move at a slower pace and still have structural integrity
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Regarding cover plates. Masonry block is porous, so I don’t believe mold is the reason. The main reason is design, which either calls for fully grouted(all cells) or partially grouted(at rebar only) walls.
I instantly had to see if anyone caught that…mold 😂
Well, skilled builders aside, code requirements in places like Florida is what determines their use.
Not the builder.
And thats coming from the mouth of a retired licensed builder in the state of Florida.
Good solution, it is no need be fully grouted!❤
Cement, stone, and concrete breath on its own....its ports
The reason is money! and by code they don't have to fill it so they dont
Wherever they are anyway
Great Video.
Seems to waste a lot of mortar. I do not agree that the hole pluggers create a ventilation path to prevent mold.
Skilled builders
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the holes should be filled with mortar to make it more stronger, that's how its properly done...
No
Why? If they wanted a solid concrete wall, setting up forms and doing a monolithic pour is faster and cheaper. There's no good reason to be using CMUs at all if that's what you want.
@@peterrose5373It’s only faster and cheaper if you can afford the human power to do it all at once. For diy’ers building a wall, CMUs allow you to move at a slower pace and still have structural integrity
Rookies
Exactly
Lol. You call this construction. What a joke.