True cinder blocks are vestiges of an era when coal burning was inefficient and waste cinders were plentiful. In 1913, a Pittsburgh brick mason named Francis Straub perfected a method of combining ...

Concrete blocks and cement blocks are preformed, manufactured concrete structures that are ready for on-site installation. They are manufactured, cast, and cured in factories or other production ...

Cinder blocks are a DIYers dream come true. They're like the adult version of those building brick toys many of us played ...

Port Colborne company Canal Block will begin producing cement-free CarbiCrete products next year once outfitted with a new curing system. Owned by the Bylsma family, the company at 3562 Nugent Rd. has ...

The answer seems to be adding a highly dexterous articulated arm that gives the robot the ability to chuck objects as heavy as cinder blocks. We’re not kidding, look at the image above and you ...

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Cinder blocks cost between $13 and $28 per square foot and are made from water, cement and coal ash or cinders. Cinder blocks are slightly cheaper than brick, but they aren’t as strong and often ...

While their neighbor's home was getting hit by floods and electrical fires, the Reimold's held up with only minimal damage.

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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KATU) — Jury selection will begin Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of locking a woman in a cinder block cell in southern Oregon. Negasi Zuberi, a 29-year-old faces ...

Residents of Florida's tiny Cedar Key reel after repeated hurricanes. In the face of more frequent, severe storms is it worth ...

You can dip this in dairy-free dark chocolate to make it dairy-free and vegan. Store the cinder toffee in an air-tight tin for up to a week.