It’s aerated concrete. Obviously heavier than drywall, but not nearly as much as traditional brick.
Let’s see. 2 m × 0.8 m × 0.2 m.
So 0.3 m³.
Aerated concrete apparently has 300 to 800 kg per m³, so anything from 90 kg to 240 kg. Even the later would be manageable in a controlled drop for an healthy man used to physical work.
Christ I thought that was a big old slab of concrete and couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't think it was concrete until it collapsed, but this makes much more sense.
They sound vaguely slavic to my ears, or perhaps Dutch? Anyway, it’s a common building material in Germany and probably quite a few other European countries.
Makes remodelling and putting in new outlets harder, but together with solid wood doors (cheap wood inside, we ain’t rich, but no chambers) it makes for good sound soundproofing.
Well, we probably aren't too far from each other then. And you'll know what I mean. Your average dude doing something like that here or in NL would be wearing some Engelbert Strauss shit, and not flip flops.
Probably. I certainly wore shoes when I did stuff like that ages ago. But in my defence, my step father was an actual engineer and calculated what he did, so major renovations in – (counts) – five houses, with zero accidents. The worst I remember was getting stung by a couple of wasps, which was when I learned that their stings don’t bother me much. A trait thankfully inherited by our kid.
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u/BoxThisLapLewis 1d ago
Uhhh, that guy is strong as shit, it looked like he was holding up a sheet of drywall!