What is Omni Block
The Best Thermally Efficient Building System on the Market!
There are few products that can adapt to a vast array of architectural styles, remain cost-effective and meet the ever demanding energy code criteria like Omni Block. The home at left and below is such an example; an Eichler inspired modernist home. Architect Robert Swatt used exposed Omni Block in northern California proving that even in the most stringent structural zones Omni Block is a product of choice. Omni Block has been engineered and used in hurricane and tornado regions as well. Omni Block is a stand alone wall system that should not be furred, additionally insulated or sheetrocked. It is recommended to plaster the interior of the block with standard sheetrock compound to exactly match any adjoining interior sheetrock. This home was featured in Dwell Magazine. https://www.dwell.com/article/what-would-eichler-do-315008a6
Omni Block is a patented insulated cementitious masonry unit (CMU) wall system which combines the benefits of indigenous aggregates, Expanded Polystyrene foam insulation, thermal lag (the delay, disruption and redirection of heat flow), exposed thermal mass on the interior side which allows the absorption of heat and air tightness. This combination results in a thermally efficient wall system with a high R-value and is consistent with well-known and widely accepted thermal performance concepts.
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Omni Block insulation inserts are manufactured using safe, clean, non-toxic, and non-polluting processes, which in turn, result in a product that agrees with the environment, is sustainable, ecological, and adheres to green building principles. The raw material is a “by-product” of oil refinery waste. The block units are manufactured utilizing inorganic elements, which are in abundant supply and locally quarried.
Cinder block does not burn and neither does Omni Block. It has a 2.7 hour fire rating making it fire resistant. Compare the results between a 2 hour fire-rated insulated metal stud wall and a masonry wall by viewing the metal stud drywall fire test and masonry wall fire test. Both walls were subjected to approximately 2000°F in a heat chamber for 2 hours.
Omni Block structures are permanent, durable and termites cannot eat it and since Omni Block is an insulated heavy-weight building material, sound does not travel through the walls.
THREE BRILLIANT SYSTEMS
The System 8 Block
The System 12 Block
The System 12 Block
The complete Omni Block System 8 consists of six types of block, the Stretcher unit is the most commonly used. The other units, the Left Corner/Jamb and Right Corner/Jamb, which are alternatively used at corners, in-line piers, and window and door jambs. Also required at window and door jambs are standard 8″ x 8″ x 8″ half block.
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The complete Omni Block System 8 consists of six types of block, the Stretcher unit is the most commonly used. The other units, the Left Corner/Jamb and Right Corner/Jamb, which are alternatively used at corners, in-line piers, and window and door jambs. Also required at window and door jambs are standard 8″ x 8″ x 8″ half block.
There are a few situations that call for a closed-ended block on both ends and that is where a standard 8″ x 8″ x 16″ is used. Finally, above openings and top-of-wall where horizontal rebar and grout are specified, a bond beam block is used.
The System 12 Block
The System 12 Block
The System 12 Block
The System 12 consists of a Stretcher, a Jamb, a standard 12″x8″x16″ block, a bond beam 12″x8″x16″ and a 12″x8″x8″ half block. It is primarily used in commercial and institutional type buildings because these buildings typically require more structural strength that is provided not only by the larger block dimension, but the additional re
The System 12 consists of a Stretcher, a Jamb, a standard 12″x8″x16″ block, a bond beam 12″x8″x16″ and a 12″x8″x8″ half block. It is primarily used in commercial and institutional type buildings because these buildings typically require more structural strength that is provided not only by the larger block dimension, but the additional rebar and grout that the block can accommodate, without sacrificing thermal performance.
The System 12 adds another layer of masonry and another layer of insulation, resulting in four layers of masonry and three layers of insulation. The long and short insulation inserts shown above are also used in the System 12.
The Omni Brick
The System 12 Block
The Omni Brick
The Omni Brick units are nominal 8″ wide x 4″ high x 16″ long (see below actual 7 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ x 15 5/8″). The brick above are ground face (sometimes called honed or burnished) units exposing the aggregates.
This “brick look” can be left exposed on the interior as well as the exterior without requiring any additional finishing. As is the
The Omni Brick units are nominal 8″ wide x 4″ high x 16″ long (see below actual 7 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ x 15 5/8″). The brick above are ground face (sometimes called honed or burnished) units exposing the aggregates.
This “brick look” can be left exposed on the interior as well as the exterior without requiring any additional finishing. As is the case with Omni Block, if a drywall finish is desirable then all that needs to be done to achieve this finish is a skim-coat application of drywall compound, a texture-coat and then primed and painted the very same as drywall.
OMNI BLOCK BUILT THE PRO EDGE WAY
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Not only is Pro Edge Construction experts in building complete homes using the genius Omni Block system, but owner Kelly Bronson even built his own home using this innovative product. But his own experience, he can tell you with a certainty that his energy bill has dramatically dropped and is saving him thousands every year.
"I don't even have an air conditioner, and I don't need it because the cool air at night cools down the bricks, which radiates through and keeps the home nice and cool during the heat of the day." - Kelly Bronson, Owner of Pro Edge Construction
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