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0 pointsRektBoy2y ago0 comments

I wasn't sure how this brick is called in US https://cdn.hornbach.cz/data/shop/D04/001/780/491/166/959/DV...

Or this Ytong https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/01/99/70/94/1000_F_199709412_vW...

Because these are most common materials used for building houses, (in CZ).

And wanted to distinguish I don't mean classic house made of classic bricks. Because if American see a brick house, they think this, right? https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/afd1745b0164c256_14-6933/home-des... And this type of house is very rare here. Maybe you can't even build it here, because of bad heat insulation etc.

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defrost2y ago

In Australia, generically (without being specific) "blocks", "Masonry Blocks", "CMUs", or "Concrete Masonry Unit", "Cinder Block".

Likely the same in the US.

https://ncma.org/resource/faq-20-14/

Every type has some specific trade name that rarely matters much - your images look like the type that interlock with a specific keying profile.

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