Building with FlexLock.wmv

This video describes how to build a masonry structure using FlexLock technology. FlexLock is a mortarless, post-tensioned, dry-stack masonry system designed from the ground up as the next generation concrete block. For more information see: www.cercorp.com.

[@slowedhits2506]

Great video. I learned something today. 👍

[@watchthe1369]

I see what they are doing. They are book ending the blocks between the foundation and the bond beam at the top. The dry laid bricks will stay in place because if the tongue and grooves but slide around to deal with the earthquake. They still add 3 or 4 steps that are not needed simply welding rebar together then welding a threaded rod to the last foot or two would give you the steel tensioner, eh?

[@tombass3011]

Great video, this product would probably work well with the complete block, an interlocking hybrid concrete building block made by The Complete Block Company.

[@socrates5172]

Interesting use of left-hand threaded rods

[@lekoos]

Be the first on your block to have the most EXPENSIVE CMU garage EVER!!! FLexLocK: "When Price Is No Object!"

[@psecdocumentary]

+lekoos Yes, it is not fair that only professional building contractors can get these blocks cheap by buying them in bulk, because they build structures for a living. Not fair at all. In fact, just the other day -- when my elderly grand mother went shopping for her eggs and biscuits she said "WTF? No flex blocks?! Every grandma needs flex blocks! This is an outrage!". What is this world coming to? Where people who build stuff buy materials to build stuff because building stuff is what they do for a living? I mean, lego blocks are expensive enough. But most little children can not experience the joys that playing with flex blocks would give them. I swear, I just don't understand how this world became so insane!

[@emmanuelcampbell6870]

nicely done

[@RobertSmith-us5gx]

If this is really your house, rebars and all solid concrete if you love life.

[@malachy1847]

The Piled Raft foundation may go some way to reduce the forces which do so much damage during earthquakes... design from the bottom up to assure that structure has been rated for such events...

[@saadmish6423]

شغل حلو وسريع ومرتب واقتصادي

[@afghani2222]

very nice. thanks.

[@Benzknees]

If the door and window openings don't coincide with the ends of blocks, they would have to be cut, exposing the open cells inside the blocks. Then you'd have to fix formwork and fill with grout - a very time consuming job, and one which creates a cold bridge. Also the cut blocks at any opening would have only upper & lower surface friction to bond them in place, and as such are not ideal to secure heavy units like garage door sets to. Also what happens if the grout holding the base of the threaded rebar fails when you apply tension later in the construction process. It would have been better to follow the traditional method of grouting a continuous void around the vertical rebar. If the idea is to save time in construction, why cast lintels in-situ. It would seem more sensible to use precast lintels or steel angle lintels.

[@soniaclarke8705]

I'm wondering on a 7.8 earthquake what is the strength resistance of this structure. Those rods might break and the blocks would tumble killing the people living there. I am not an expert in building but I have seen the damages of an earthquake on the 7.8 on the Richter scale. Houses buit with blocks and reinforced with steel columns came down as a house made of a deck of cards.

[@Coronel62]

how about to build the second story with a floor?

[@paulbriggs3072]

Good thing that no photos were shown of the real thing 'cause that would spoil the fantasy!

[@tedbrown7908]

OK, you pumped in grout so where is the room to pore in more grout?

[@rdavian]

why would the rebar sit at the bottom of the lintel shouldnt it be at the top?

[@ammuchennaip]

Good good carry on more for top also

[@redmk5]

how they will install the HVAC system?

[@slamzd]

complicated but good idea. offset ll be major problem.

[@Ubadubarge]

"Plumb" the anchor, not "level" it.

[@kktaha]

realy its nice and good

[@noraajagger4239]

um? ya! 3:52 "stretch a mason's line" this only illuminates the spot where hiram would never kneel

[@786otto]

Watched the whole think ,this system will never take off, that's enough said.

[@paulpellicci]

impressive.....

[@MrGarra]

It wouldn't work for me. Maybe when I move from the Amazon

[@psecdocumentary]

But theres no animation of Bob Vila? I mean, why does the Empire Carpet guy get an animation of himself, but not Bob Vila. This is so completely not fair at all.

[@parttimetourist]

Why not use concrete panels instead of that complicated 3D Jig Saw method?

[@user-tl5te8hu8c]

Which country and how much your selling these interlocks how many floor you can build

[@miteymaus]

This is a pretty informative video.......however, you want to PLUMB the anchors.........

[@Aethelbeorn]

by you clicking on the link? sounds plausible

[@RobertSmith-us5gx]

I think it could collapse in an earthquake - blocks spit out the sides. In 8:36 I think the rebars should be on the top, instead of bottom. Doesn't matter, it's a good for the money.

[@RobertSmith-us5gx]

However, the rebars should be on the bottom for the garage door beam.

[@billk6494]

Rebar can be on top or bottom or both. Additionally Intel's having a upward bow are stronger.next a complete bonding lintel like here transfers the load. Next it would survive most earth quakes! Next See Smash Lab discovery channel on using Truck Bed Liner to coat Blocks. No Mortar Dry Stacked BOMB blast on wall no damage! SEE ALSO Myth Buster same channel same subject.. KZbin.. First CMU { Concrete Blocks } Are Actually better than concrete! THEY ARE PRE SHRUNK! CURED IN A CONTROLED ENVIRONMENT! I would fill the cores with mortar type S -OR- N , depending on geological location. Also rebar would work instead of the bolts.I would have to see their engineering data. REFERENCE BOOK MASONRY DESIGN & DETAILING FOR ARCHITECT'S, ENGINEER'S & BUILDER'S ~ Author Christine Beall. See AMAZON.COM. FACT IS BLOCK IS AS DURABLE AS SOLID CONCRETE & LESS PRONE TO SHRINKING.. Take Care, Bill Kearney

[@morenoven]

What about if I need ti make some Room?

[@JMaxwell1000]

TOO COMPLICATED!! You'd have to hire a second crew to make sure the first crew was doing their job correctly.

[@mcaddc]

This building method is far too tedious and perhaps far more costly than using traditional concrete cmu blocks. much faster and stronger to place the starter bars when pouring the slab at say 2 foot spacings, lay your walls up to your required height while using sill and bond beam blocks with the rebar in place. Then place your vertical wall rebars at the starter bar locations with a top hook and say 2 foot overlap. locate your threaded rods along the top bond beam at your truss tie down locations. Then grout core fill all reinforced cores. A wet slurry will flow into your sill and bond beams. This is much faster, extremely strong, and will be much cheaper to build. You would be better served if you provide the particular blocks you needed instead of cutting them. Cutting blocks costs extra money and should only be used when required, for example raked walls.

[@lindalee4768]

Please kindly advice us how to hire builder who can build this type of walls. Thank you in advance.

[@nc3826]

Main point was to add pre-tension strength to the reinforcement which is lacking in archaic traditional concrete cmu block construction...Which most masons or any traditional tradesman have no comprehension of...

[@marciofreitasfreitas5860]

muito bom

[@JohnEPezze]

Show a real job site with this system

[@carlockrodeo5685]

Not anything new, I'd like to see if this is even cost effective.

[@DirtyDStudios]

That looks WAY too complicated!

[@psecdocumentary]

+Dirty D Agreed. If it was drawn in pink and blue crayon with little pictures of bunnies and kitties, then it would be much more comprehensible.

[@jamest.5001]

Basically the same thing can be done with cinderblocks! I don't get the advantage? It's way too complex!! I think id just stick with cinderblocks or concrete!

[@fcalin21]

insane.

[@dbirdez]

Novel idea... a lego home! Looks interesting.

[@jgarciascr5]

Lego brick system is CEBs (Compressed Earth Blocks). It is a reliable construction system, cost effective, Eco-friendly, and very easy to work with. Besides these features, CEBs have been in use and been tested in so many countries now and in very different conditions.

[@shawnp8429]

2 years later when everything settles the bolts on the all thread will be loose

[@blackdogleg]

+Shawn P which is why they are pretensioned...

[@NilsAlbertsson]

This looks just like blockwork... 'cept more fiddly and expensive.

[@Aethelbeorn]

It would be nice. However the way it's shown it looks like a primate could follow along. Just lay down some music from your favorite album and just watch. :)

[@moladi]

This is really way to complicated! Bolts drilled into the floor will not prevent the structure collapsing during an earthquake. With moladi we can cast any structure to roof height in a day. And the walls are reinforced and will withstand hurricane and earthquakes - Sorry!

[@CantolaoTV]

moladi I agree. Better way is to put the steel bar when pouring the concrete

[@moladi]

CantolaoTV Thank you!

[@psecdocumentary]

+moladi Agreed. If it can't withstand hurricanes, earthquakes, super volcanos, nuclear attacks, an assault by Darth Vader in the Death Star, a Super Nova or an encounter with a black hole -- then yes, totally not worth taking this method of construction into consideration at all. Plus, it also needs to hover and fly like the Delorian. If Doc Brown and Marty can have a flying car, we should be able to have a flying car garage.

[@psecdocumentary]

+CantolaoTV Yes, those steel bars they used do not count as steel bars, unless they are Unobtainium. If Superman can still bend it, then it is of very weak construction.

[@nc3826]

I was a tech overseeing the construction of nuke power plant that used per-tensioned and tested anchor all the time, like for modification. So its BS to say "Bolts drilled into the floor will not prevent the structure collapsing during an earthquake". And main point was it was showing how adding pre-tension increase the strength to the tensile to the vertical reinforcement. Not matter how the anchoring bolts are set. I just wish the did the same for the horizontal reinforcement like in the lintel beam.

[@hedwigpottgast283]

A lintel with no pressed rebar? yeh OK

[@RobertSmith-us5gx]

If this is a house, rebars are required and all pockets filled if you love life. If it's a garage, get out in an earthquake.

[@humbergg1]

Take forever of your plans. We fast and lower cost.

[@psecdocumentary]

+Humber Sarm Ah, yes. Forever plans. A diamond is forever, but now so are plans. Because you can't kill an idea whose time has come. We fast. You fast. In fact, fasting is healthy. When we fast, it tells the cells of the body that it is time to release toxins. Keeping the body clean is very smart, especially at a lower cost. And fasting costs nothing! It is very economic!

[@colinstace1758]

ICCF blocks are much better, quicker and cheaper and have built in insulation

[@AmancioleveMarks]

No Good!!!

[@DakoMkF]

they could make it more complicated LOL

[@RobertSmith-us5gx]

This pass code because it's a car garage, people. Easily withstand some hurricanes.

[@bucago550]

Too complicated. Why can't we build our structures like 4,000 years ago?

[@jgarciascr5]

I agree with you. Looks very complicated and I also agree with RobertSmith comment about earthquakes. It continues to be my preferred method to build using CEBs (Compressed Earth Bricks) because they are a truly interlocking system that requires few cement, uses normal rebars, it is much easier to work with and is completely Eco-friendly.

[@billk6494]

jgarciascr5 ~ OMG. Compressed Earth BRICKS Are Actually Weak since they are not FIRED IN A KILN. Next Concrete Blocks Are Engineered to be strong, !

[@ronniemoore773]

Bill K In actual fact, the earth block technology is incredibly durable. We have houses in South Africa which were built 40 years ago with no visible damage. They are also structurally sound. You should think of sedimentary rock which is formed in much the same way. Fired bricks are not that compressed but firing makes them solid like glass. Earth bricks contain cement and is highly compressed and cured.

[@billk6494]

RONNIE MOORE ~ I saw no concrete! Next, typically earth is compressed & left to cure, much like rock. HOWEVER IT TAKES DECADES TO FORUM ROCKS! Next rocks are actually porous so they absorb moisture... BRICKS IN THE U.S. ARE FIRED IN KILNS. & RATED DIFFERENT CLAYS & DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE KILN CREATE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF BRICKS. SW for example is SEVERE WEATHER RATED. TYPICALLY USED ON HOMES FOR WALLS & PAVERS FOR DRIVEWAYS... In bad climates. Next MORTAR is used to bond bricks... they are additionally tied to block, solid concrete,stick built, steel... & are rated structuraly. CRAP THEIR ARE SHACKS BUILT BY HOMELESS STILL STANDING IN CERTAIN AREAS. NOTE, ONE GOOD AMOUNT OF SNOW, FLOOD, WINDS, WILL END THEM. ADDITIONALLY INSECTS, RODENTS CAN TUNNEL THRU COMPRESSED EARTH.

[@welshbrickie]

not heat efficient!

[@TommyDaTuber]

you need narration.

[@tomthompson7400]

could you explain this to my brickie please ,,, while your doing that , his mate will have knocked up a garage ,,, the traditional way , twice as fast and half the price , you guys should just have made bigger concrete lego bricks.

[@desmondcrosland7884]

And people wonder why houses are becoming more and more unaffordable.

[@Exilelangely]

the simpelst want to make a building just create with minecraft

[@xDeMitchx]

how the fuck did i get here from a wiz khalifa video

[@pittassavvas7512]

Rubbish!!! R Factor? =0