Masons – can I still get these?????
McDesign
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Need some of these ’20s-style novelty CMUs in the DC area, or anywhere from Atlanta to there – don’t want to make them.
Forrest
Edited 1/1/2008 10:55 am by McDesign
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I think we call them "architectural faced blocks" or something similar. Just another name for a fancy faced concrete block.
Most concrete block manufactures still make these fancy faced blocks but maybe not that exact style. Not sure about all four sides being fancy either. Any block company should be able to direct you.
roger
Don't know if you've been there, but you might try the Brass Knob (architectural salvage).
http://www.thebrassknob.com/index.html
They don't show any blocks like that in their catalog, but I'm not sure how often that gets updated either. In any case, if they don't have some block like that, they might be able to point you to a local source.
if you did want to make them... the surface sure looks alot like the sheet metal panels they sell to close up the underside of "manufactured housing" think the stamped sheets are like 24" x 48" but the stone pattern looks alot like that... could use them as a mold... maybe make them 1.5" think and apply them to regular block...
just an idea
p
Split faced CMU block is the terminology. It is available in all typical sizes for concrete blcok.
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Those in his picture aren't split face block- they're made to resemble a stone face.
My buddy looked locally a few years ago with no success for a porch redo where he needed extras of a similar pattern.
They do have more of a bulging pattern
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You might try renting Pino's machine.
He got an old set of molds and made some for this house.
But he is in Chicago and I don't know the pattern that he has.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
As Bill mentioned, I've got an antique Wizard block making machine that makes the rock face CMUs. It is hard to tell from your picture if my molds are the same or slightly different. I just bought a new Mac for work and haven't moved drives yet, so I don't have immediate access to pics of my blocks . Email me a larger pic or something close up and I can tell you if they are similar.
I searched for someone to make these CMUs for two years and came up empty handed before coming across my machine. I'm not really in the biz of making these, but might be able to help you out. I've got about 600 to make this summer for a small addition and outdoor fireplace we're adding to our little bungalow, so a few more aren't necessarily out of the question.
Pino, that's unbelieveably cool news. Is this pic detailed enough?
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Forrest
Edited 1/1/2008 3:34 pm by McDesign
I figure that you have enough child laborers that you could ship them off to Pino's this summer to make the blocks. Then have them bring them back in their luggage..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
They look awfully darn close to what I've made. I'll look through my pics in the next few days and send one along to you for review. I'm buried with a client deadline and am leaving for a belated Christmas with my brother in Wisconsin on Friday, so bug me early next week if I forget to email you.How many of these do you need and by when? Will they be painted, or are you trying to match something in particular? My understanding is that local materials greatly effect the final look, although acid stains and concrete colorant can help.Here's a brief bit about these decorative CMUs I came across last year.http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/historic-properties/national-register/siding_materials.asp?page=con
Edited 1/1/2008 10:29 pm by pino
about 15 years ago I was looking for a specialty faced block that I had seen on buildings. couldn't find it. talked to a CMU manufacturer, they had the molds and for a $500 set up charge they would make the blocks.can't imagine the set up charge today, and for a few blocks, highly expensive.
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They are old style rock face block. The ones they call rock face now look more like split rock. Split face block is just rough faced, and is used mostly on commercial block buildings,