Architects & Design Professionals
Central Arizona Block Company besides being a manufacture, is an excellent source for you to ask us for more specifics on:
Acceptance: DO NOT INSTALL ANY PRODUCT DEEMED DEFECTIVE - once in the wall you have accepted it as satisfactory.
Warranty / Customer Satisfaction: Since the mason handles every block, any block deemed not merchantable by the customer, that exceeds 4% of total, that product should be set aside and CABCO shall be notified.
When CABCO is advised of an issue, we will inspect such product in question:
A - if we agree upon inspection there is an quality issue, we will either replace such units (subject to it being on pallets) with
the best suited satisfactory replacement availabe at CABCO's cost, including transportation (product only) or issue a
refund of the product in question, at CABCO's sole option. Product in question must be neatly stacked on CABCO pallets by the customer.
B - If CABCO upon inspection at it's sole discretion, deems the product was merchantable but damaged after delivery due to improper handling, on the job-site, whether by customer or any other party, no warranty will apply.
Again, once the product is placed in a wall, it is considered merchantable, accepted by customer and is the installers sole
responsibility!!!
Liability under this warranty is limited to the replacement or refund of the product in question only, at CABCO's SOLE discretion. No lost labor, lost time, project delays, consequential or incidental damages are applicable for any reason.
The Reference heading above has specific product details such as sustainability, pictures of block colors and textures, standard color list. For some of the jobs we have supplied, be sure to check out the More heading then Projects to see we can supply them all.
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If unable to find what you need or you require further information, product samples or sample boxes just contact the below.
- What products are available? CABCO is a full line Mfg. of Smooth, Split-Face, Shot Blast, Ground Face, Polished, Founders Finish & Slump. Many aggregate choices are available to add distinction in addition to block color. All products are produced at one location, this reduces transport damage and lead times.
- Why some jobs product costs vary significantly more than others? While almost anything is possible, designs that require excessive mold changes for size and shape, small quantities of a unique product (either color, shapes or aggregates), or small orders with non stocking colors, cost us extra to produce. Anytime the block machines are not running, they are not making any money. Special colors and aggregates are not an issue on large orders but our minimum batch size is 3/4 cyd, so small non stock colors create a lot of waste. Click this link for a color list with associated costs> https://www.cabcoaz.com/cabco-block-colors-list.html
- Lead times? Ours are some of the shortest in the industry. However: Some products finishes like Ground & Polished, for best results need to be at least 3 weeks old before those finishing processes are started.
- Leed & recycled capabilities? Ask what Leed credits may be available. We may be able to add additional by: A) We can add up to 35% recycled content to many of our products. B) If your project involves masonry demolition, often times we will accept that for a disposal fee (keeping it out of landfills)- it must be masonry only- no contamination. Keep in mind when adding recycled product, some recycled colors and aggregates may show on certain finishes, such as splits, ground and polished. (usually they are an attribute to color). C) We recycle all our masonry waste, as well wood waste, such as pallets.
- Avoiding design pitfalls? Such as designs calling for raked exterior mortar joints. This a potential water penetration problem unless you specify off- set cores on the exterior units that are to have raked mortar joints. Off-set cores will give the front shell extra thickness so a raked mortar joint will still have decent mortar thickness, reducing the likely hood of significant water penetration. In addition, expect more edge chipping from the tooling process on raked joints. Keep in mind any chipping on block will show with a raked mortar joint. With normal spooned to front of shell mortar joints, almost all chips are covered by the mortar.
- Color variance is another potential for issues. Say when combining a dark shade like black above or below say a white marble product. While the look is unique, keep in mind there will be some color from manufacturing that will tend to bleed or wash out from newly manufactured block initially, showing color streaks. Such sharp color contrasts make this more noticeable. Our experience that it weathers off fairly quickly but will be noticeable when new, especially after a rain.
- Sealers & IWR? We offer IWR (Internal Water Repellent) as an option on our products. Keep in mind IWR's are not a surface sealer, rather a mechanism that restricts water from penetrating through the masonry. Often depending on the finish, it may or may not bead if sprayed with water. So, just because it does not bead, does not imply that its IWR treated. Whenever IWR is specified for masonry, it should also be specified for the mortar as well. We do not pre-seal any of our products. We believe a better option is applying those dollars to having the exterior wall surfaces sealed, since that seals everything, especially the mortar contact joints.
- Unwanted Water Penetration Arizona Desert Located Block Plants usually use volcanic cinders to lighten block. It is often used as well, for aesthetics on split-face, burnished and polished surfaces. While we have not experienced it, Mid-Weight block with too high of a cinder content has been known for water to pass threw even with IWR. So our suggestion is to use caution, if cinders are being used to make a Lite-Weight unit or if for very heavy loads for aesthetic purposes. We believe extra cement or another filler can be used to mitigate the permeability issue as well. In short- ask your block producer!
- Fire Rating: Like most manufactures we use equivalent thickness method for computing fire ratings. National Concrete Masonry Association covers fire ratings in depth with publication TEK 07-01C, which can be found at: https://ncma.org/resource/fire-resistance-ratings-of-concrete-masonry-assemblies/ Typically our standard 8816 falls just short of a two hour rating with standard aggregates and shell thicknesses. Increased fire duration can be achieved by block design changes. Some methods a manufacture can do are, a wider block, thicker face shell, use of cinder aggregates in the block mfg process. Another common method is once in place, by filling the block cells with an approved fill (solid grout, perlite, sand and other products). The interior finish like sheet rock may also count in increasing the fire rating, as well as special fire resistant paints. Remind your customers- don't end up like the tragedy we all watched in California.
- Efflorescence : This troublesome event often randomly appears, usually mortar joints or the top of walls. No one knows all the causes, but we have noticed in areas where water has high concentrations of salts, often mortar joints will present effervescence. We believe this is because most masons rely on onsite water. In addition, reclaimed water should never be used.
- Finish and Appearance : C-90 finish and appearance provisions prohibit defects that would impair the strength or performance of the construction, but permit minor cracks incidental to usual manufacturing methods. For units which will be exposed, the presence of objectionable imperfections is based on viewing the unit face(s) from a distance of at least 20 ft (6.1 m) under diffused lighting. Five percent of a shipment may contain chips not larger than 1 in. (25.4 mm) in any dimension, or cracks not wider than 0.02 in. (0.5 mm) and not longer than 25% of the nominal unit height.
- Strengths : See> https://www.cabcoaz.com/strengths---astm-c90.html
- Quality Control, Acceptance & Warranties: Quality Control: CABCO takes the utmost pride and care in the production of all our masonry products. All products manufactured by CABCO undergo production methods and quality control standards and meet or exceeds ASTM C90 Standards. As such our breakage / defect allowance is set at 4%, vs ASTM C90's 5%. While every effort is made during manufacturing, and we use multiple inspection checks, to produce the best and most consistent block possible, units not meeting standard project standards cosmetically (usually color variation) do occur, either through manufacturing, curing, handling, aggregate color variation, color dye lots, transport or job site conditions. Transportation chipping of corners is not counted as a product defect due to: 1) the sorry condition of most of our roads, some chipping will occur and is beyond our control. 2) Damage caused by improper Job-site handling is also beyond our control. Handling: On site chipping can be minimized by lifting not dragging product off pallets, careful staging, ect. Do not stack any pallet, with product less than 6” high, on another pallet, ground stack only. Ground must be free of rocks an reasonably level. Do not stack any other block more than 2 pallets high, and it must be in a safe and flat location. Cover block if rain is expected. Specialty block comes covered, only uncover what is to be used.
Acceptance: DO NOT INSTALL ANY PRODUCT DEEMED DEFECTIVE - once in the wall you have accepted it as satisfactory.
Warranty / Customer Satisfaction: Since the mason handles every block, any block deemed not merchantable by the customer, that exceeds 4% of total, that product should be set aside and CABCO shall be notified.
When CABCO is advised of an issue, we will inspect such product in question:
A - if we agree upon inspection there is an quality issue, we will either replace such units (subject to it being on pallets) with
the best suited satisfactory replacement availabe at CABCO's cost, including transportation (product only) or issue a
refund of the product in question, at CABCO's sole option. Product in question must be neatly stacked on CABCO pallets by the customer.
B - If CABCO upon inspection at it's sole discretion, deems the product was merchantable but damaged after delivery due to improper handling, on the job-site, whether by customer or any other party, no warranty will apply.
Again, once the product is placed in a wall, it is considered merchantable, accepted by customer and is the installers sole
responsibility!!!
Liability under this warranty is limited to the replacement or refund of the product in question only, at CABCO's SOLE discretion. No lost labor, lost time, project delays, consequential or incidental damages are applicable for any reason.
The Reference heading above has specific product details such as sustainability, pictures of block colors and textures, standard color list. For some of the jobs we have supplied, be sure to check out the More heading then Projects to see we can supply them all.
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If unable to find what you need or you require further information, product samples or sample boxes just contact the below.
Josh
General Manager / Commercial Sales
Office 520-514-1177 or [email protected] 
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Rick
Commercial Sales / Customer Service
Office 520-514-1177 [email protected] 
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