Spread a layer of cement mixture, with a thickness of around 15mm and just a bit wider than the width of your blocks. This will serve as a guide for when you are actually working. Plan where you are laying the concrete blocksĪfter you know how large your blocks are and what your structure is going to look like, draw in the areas where you’ll be laying blocks down with chalk. Reinforce and tie walls together when necessary.Repeat for the third block, tap them into place, and check if they are level.Put in the first block and check its height.Make a mortar bed for the first course.Gather the tools and materials you’ll be needing.Plan and draw in the area where you’ll be laying the blocks.It can be done by following a few simple steps. Laying concrete blocks is very similar to laying bricks. There are a few basic tools you will need to lay Besser blocks in a neat fashion. Besser blocks are used on concrete foundations and on concrete slab construction. The height, width and length vary from standard sizes, as well as the construction of the internal cavity some may have steel bracings.
The standard size for a Besser block is 390mm long x 190mm high x 190mm wide which is able to stack with a 21mm gap and can be used in construction up to two storeys. They are stuck together via mortar between blocks called joints and are usually reinforced with steel and/or concrete. Lines of Besser Blocks are meant to be stacked on top of one another to create walls. A Besser Block is a concrete block that is hollow, made of concrete, and shaped like a rectangle.