Calcium silicate brick, similar or Ytong?

Hello everyone,

We are buying a house soon and want to redesign the kitchen a bit.

That means the non-load-bearing wall (approx. 6m²) will be removed and the new one will be put back slightly offset by 1m to the rear.

Part of the kitchen will be mounted on this wall from one side as well as various sockets/switches/pictures on both sides, depending on the situation.

This raises the question of how thick this wall needs to be and which bricks I should use here, since quite a few things will be attached/mounted.

The price does matter to some extent, but we won’t save money in the wrong place.

The bricks that come to mind are the following:

Silka calcium silicate brick 2DF-L 240 mm x 115 mm x 113 mm
Silka calcium silicate brick 3DF-L 240 mm x 175 mm x 113 mm
Ytong plan block 599 mm x 199 mm x 175 mm

What can you recommend or is there a good YouTube video about this?

Hi, so I would take a calcium silicate plan block. The 17.5 one is 50cm long and you can glue it. You can hang quite a bit of weight on it and because of its format 50x17.5x25 (LxWxH) you can quickly build a wall with it. Cheers Thomas

If my information is up to date, only the KS has the privilege that the wall does not have to be tied in, i.e. it may butt flush against the other walls. This is not negligible for hobby masons. On the other hand, plan blocks are more DIY-friendly than classic masonry with bed joints. Non-load-bearing walls of 11.5 cm are sufficient.

I do hope we are talking about a house with concrete ceilings (or comparable) (?) - with wooden beam ceilings, masonry walls where there are none underneath would not be a good idea.

Non-load-bearing is 11.5 cm thick.

With the 17.5 cm one, however, you have much more freedom regarding grooving for cables. Horizontal grooving is also allowed in it. Or do the guidelines for cable grooves only apply to load-bearing walls?

... because of its format 50x17.5x25 (LxWxH) you can quickly build a wall there

The stone will weigh about 30 kg in that format. Without a lifting crane, nothing goes quickly ...

Hello,

: the stone weighs 27 kilos.

I used it for my stair supports. It was easy to work with. My interior walls are all 24cm calcium silicate blocks that weigh 'only' 21kg. But in return, you have a solid wall that doesn’t topple over easily.

And the sound insulation is also optimal!!