You decided to build a country house or cottage, what material to choose for its construction, here is the problem. There is a huge selection on the market, which material to give preference? We will consider one of these materials, this is polystyrene concrete. Polystyrene concrete, refers to light concrete, it includes granules of foamed polystyrene (like porous aggregate), various air -forcing additives, Portland cement and sand. The combination of all this gives polystyrene concrete excellent sound insulation, thermal insulation and fire protection. If we compare foam concrete and polystyrene concrete, then the latter, stronger by 20%. There are still significant differences, polystyrene concrete holds stretching well, easily saws with a saw and nails are easily clogged into it, which makes it possible to betray blocks, polystyrene concrete, any shape from a rectangle to the ball. Blocks made of polystyrene concrete, produce density from 250 to 600 kg/m2 and divide, in density, into three types.
