Building material

Abstract

A method and block for constructing a block wall providing the appearance of a brick facade. Each block includes a front wall, rear wall, left sidewall, and a right side wall. The method includes forming at least one groove on a front face of the front wall of each block or providing blocks with at least one groove on the front face. The method further includes attaching the blocks to each other thereby forming a block structure. The grooves on the front faces of the blocks form a facade and provide an impression that the facade is made of a plurality of bricks.

1 . A method for constructing a wall, the method comprising: 
 providing a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of concrete blocks comprising a front wall having a front face, a rear wall having a rear face, a left side wall having a left face, and a right side wall having a right face, the blocks including at least one groove on the front face of each of the blocks; and    laying the blocks to form a structure providing an impression of a facade made from a multiplicity of smaller blocks.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the blocks comprises molding the blocks in molds creating at least one groove on the front face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein providing the blocks comprises molding the blocks in molds creating raised surface having approximately the dimensions of bricks on the front face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein providing the blocks comprises molding the blocks using colored concrete.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the blocks comprises: 
 providing plain blocks; and    cutting the plain blocks to create at least one groove on the front face of each of the blocks.    
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein cutting the plain blocks comprises cutting the blocks to create raised surfaces having approximately the dimensions of bricks on the front face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the blocks comprises: 
 providing plain blocks; and    grinding the plain blocks to create at least one groove on the front face of each of the blocks.    
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein grinding the plain blocks comprises grinding the blocks to create raised surface having approximately the dimensions of bricks on the front face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing a plurality of blocks comprises providing the blocks having raised surfaces having approximately the dimensions of bricks on the front face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein providing a plurality of blocks further comprises providing the blocks having raised surfaces having approximately the dimensions of bricks on the rear face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       11 . The block of  claim 9 , wherein providing a plurality of blocks further comprises providing the blocks having half width grooves at ends of rows corresponding to ends of the raised surfaces having the shapes of full bricks  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing a plurality of blocks comprises providing hollow concrete blocks.  
   
   
       13 . A block comprising: 
 a front wall having a front face;    a rear wall having a rear face;    a left sidewall having a left face; and    a right sidewall having a right face,    wherein at least one of the faces includes at least one groove, the at least one groove configured to provide an impression that a structure constructed from a multiplicity of the blocks is constructed from a multiplicity of smaller blocks.    
   
   
       14 . The block of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one groove creates at least one raised surface having approximately the dimensions of bricks on the front face of each of the blocks.  
   
   
       15 . The block of  claim 14 , wherein the blocks have half width grooves at ends of rows corresponding to ends of the raised surfaces having the shapes of full bricks.  
   
   
       16 . The block of  claim 13 , wherein the block is a hollow block.  
   
   
       17 . A block structure comprising: 
 a multiplicity of connected blocks comprising: 
 a front wall having a front face having raised surfaces having shapes of full bricks and of half bricks;  
 a rear wall having a rear face;  
 a left sidewall having a left face; and  
 a right sidewall having a right face,  
   wherein the raised surfaces of the front faces provide an impression that the block structure is constructed from a multiplicity of bricks.    
   
   
       18 . The block of  claim 17 , wherein the rear face has the raised surfaces having the shapes of full bricks and of half bricks to provide an impression that the block structure is constructed from a multiplicity of bricks.  
   
   
       19 . The block of  claim 18 , wherein the blocks have half width grooves at ends of rows corresponding to ends of the raised surfaces having the shapes of full bricks.  
   
   
       20 . The block of  claim 19 , wherein side-by-side ones of the blocks are connected by clips to hold the side-by-side ones of the blocks close together to provide a cooperation of adjacent half width grooves providing an impression of a single full width groove.