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Mar 24, 2002 14:53
22 yrs ago
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Dutch term

gipsbeton lijmblokken

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Construction
Very little context, just part of building specifications. Are these blocks to be glued, resin blocks, lime blocks???
Proposed translations (English)
4 glued gypsum concrete blocks
4 +1 Apologies to Nick.
4 breeze block
4 -1 calcium silicate blocks

Proposed translations

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glued gypsum concrete blocks

I thought that this is what Ytong is selling, but that's apparently wrong. I'm not sure about breeze blocks, but I rather think that it's another kind of material, from which glued blocks are made. Eurodicautom gives 'gypsum concrete' (if one searches from Dutch or from German). Neither in Dutch, nor in English or German, I find the combination of 'glued blocks' and 'gypsum concrete', while both items exist on them selves in multiple variants.
Greetings,

Nikolaus
Reference:

http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/WWW/publish/bosze/phenixnote274/quality.html

http://www.hometimes.com/CMBA/Categories/gypsum.htm

Peer comment(s):
disagree Dave Greatrix : never heard of gypsum concrete blocks. Contradiction in terms.
8 mins
agree Adam Smith : Agree. Glued gypsum concrete block - but I haven't a clue what they are!
36 mins
neutral Chris Hopley : You don't "glue" building blocks, you bond them. And anyway, a lijmblok is simply a block that is intended to be bonded to other blocks. Which most building blocks are, in fact.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Nikolaus. I've sent you a couple of emails about that medical job but no reply yet, can you get back to me please?"
5 mins

breeze block

It's a sort of light-weight breeze block.
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-1
57 mins

calcium silicate blocks

These are light building blocks that are "glued" together nowadays. A system probably more common in Germany and Holland than the UK. They are sometimes even tongued and grooved.

IDF Home Front Command
... Adding an internal protective partition adjacent to the wall (partition
may be of laminated wood, steel sheet, silicate blocks etc.). ...
www.idf.il/english/organization/homefront/homefront2.stm
Peer comment(s):
disagree Elisabeth Ghysels : sorry to disagree, but that exactly was my problem: many examples of glued blocks with calcium silicate, but this is just something else than gypsum concrete. Greetings, Nikolaus
7 mins
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1 hr

Apologies to Nick.

There is such a thing as Gypsum concrete. I've never heard of it before.

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Note added at 2002-03-24 16:07:55 (GMT)
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CMBA - Gypsum Concrete
... Central Minnesota Builders Association Gypsum Concrete. Click on highlighted names
or businesses to get more information about products and services. ...
www.hometimes.com/CMBA/Categories/gypsum.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

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Monday January 28, 2002 9:30:46 AM CST. FLOORING, Case
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www.gypsumsolutions.com/Newscenter/news/flooring/canterbury... - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

LEVELROCK Brand Floor Underlayment -- Canterbury Park case study ...
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Study. Canterbury Park (Retirement ...
www.gypsumsolutions.com/newscenter/news/flooring/canterbury... - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
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Peer comment(s):
agree Elisabeth Ghysels : thanks
11 mins
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