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tijolo vazado

English translation: hollow cinder block


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Portuguese term or phrase:tijolo vazado
English translation:hollow cinder block
Entered by: Bloomfield
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Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Civil Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: tijolo vazado
It is a hollow type of cinder block. Can anyone come up with a technical term used in the building construction industry? Appreciate it.
Bloomfield
United States
Local time: 15:48
hollow cinder block
Explanation:
Your expression is widely used. Look at these examples:

Re: Design & build a private indoor range
... Hollow cinder blocks would be ideal to construct the floor and walls. The
hollow cavity inside the cinder block will help deaden the sound. ...
www.rangeinfo.org/rangetalk/messages/678.html

Las Palmas Travel - Bucerias Real Estate - Bucerias Rentals ...
... Walls- Hollow cinder block 15 x 20 x 40cm or brick. Flooring & Roof- Single
pour concrete and/or prefabricated reinforced concrete beams. ...
www.las-palmas-travel.com/puntacaracol/

[PDF] Basement Wall Insulation Formaldehyde-Free Thermal & Acoustical ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... walls. This method is not recommended for hollow cinder block walls.
Walls that leak water must be repaired before installing. 1 ...
www.jm.com/insulation/building_insulation/ products/media_2457.htm

Chapter One of The Complete Modern Guide to Basement Waterproofing
... I have selected a hollow cinder block wall and a solid poured concrete wall to illustrate the various elements making up the stages of basement seepage. ...
www.gallawa.com/waterproofing/chapterone.html

Hold Kits , Horizontal Climbing Wall, Gym Apparatus from Palos ...
... holds. On porous, hollow cinder block walls, an anchor is drilled
into the wall and the hold screws into the anchor. For plywood ...
www.palossports.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/ 1836/CategoryID/62/SubCatID/1322/file.htm
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rhandler
Brazil
Local time: 16:48
Grading comment
Thanks, Rhandler. Appreciate your help. Its been a tough week so far. Thank you.
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hollow cinder block


Explanation:
Your expression is widely used. Look at these examples:

Re: Design & build a private indoor range
... Hollow cinder blocks would be ideal to construct the floor and walls. The
hollow cavity inside the cinder block will help deaden the sound. ...
www.rangeinfo.org/rangetalk/messages/678.html

Las Palmas Travel - Bucerias Real Estate - Bucerias Rentals ...
... Walls- Hollow cinder block 15 x 20 x 40cm or brick. Flooring & Roof- Single
pour concrete and/or prefabricated reinforced concrete beams. ...
www.las-palmas-travel.com/puntacaracol/

[PDF] Basement Wall Insulation Formaldehyde-Free Thermal & Acoustical ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... walls. This method is not recommended for hollow cinder block walls.
Walls that leak water must be repaired before installing. 1 ...
www.jm.com/insulation/building_insulation/ products/media_2457.htm

Chapter One of The Complete Modern Guide to Basement Waterproofing
... I have selected a hollow cinder block wall and a solid poured concrete wall to illustrate the various elements making up the stages of basement seepage. ...
www.gallawa.com/waterproofing/chapterone.html

Hold Kits , Horizontal Climbing Wall, Gym Apparatus from Palos ...
... holds. On porous, hollow cinder block walls, an anchor is drilled
into the wall and the hold screws into the anchor. For plywood ...
www.palossports.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/ 1836/CategoryID/62/SubCatID/1322/file.htm


rhandler
Brazil
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks, Rhandler. Appreciate your help. Its been a tough week so far. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
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  -> Obrigado, Henrique

agree  Claudio Mazotti
2 days16 hrs
  -> Obrigado, klausinSP
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