Concrete blocks and other concrete products are in demand everywhere. When you make these products you have indeed a business with a strong foundation. Concrete blocks are used to build everything from a huge building to the smallest backyard barbeque. They are a basic commodity which will never go out of style. You are not making a here today gone tomorrow item. If you manufacture cement blocks your product is always in demand. You will find buyers everywhere in North America and in fact around the world.
Concrete products are heavy and transportation costs, to distant destinations, are high. For this reason a local manufacturer has a great advantage over someone further away. Savings in transportation costs translate into very competitive pricing. If in addition you are a small one man operation, working from your garage, you have no staff to pay and no rent for your premises. You can have lower priced products than your competitors and still do very well.
If you want an excellent business, which you can start with a very low investment, you will find concrete block making to be a fine opportunity. You can start in your garage, using hand made molds, for as little as a few hundred dollars. When business demands it you can expand, using a home built concrete block making machine, to turn out hundreds of blocks per day.
The only things needed to get a start are plywood and some sheet metal to make your molds. Plans are readily available, with instructions, to show how this is done. In addition you will need the basic materials, Portland cement, sand, gravel and water. You can buy all of these materials locally at your lumber yard.
After constructing the number of molds you want, you simply fill them with the concrete mixture and turn the blocks out to dry. One man can quite readily make 100 blocks per day using hand molds. When business grows you will want to make more blocks and a concrete block making machine will be necessary.
Commercially made cement block making machines are expensive. If you have the money go ahead and buy one. It will pay for itself with the greatly increased productivity you can achieve. But there is another way. You can build your own concrete block making machine. Plans are available for building a very good machine using used auto parts and sheet metal. Some welding is needed but a local welding shop will do this if you can’t.
Making your own machine is not really difficult if you have a little mechanical skill. You can make a machine which will turn out 800 blocks per day. A smaller hand operated machine can also be built which is quite simple and will turn out 200 blocks per working day. You will probably need some help at this stage to operate the machine efficiently. In addition you need storage space to dry the blocks.
Concrete blocks are your basic product but you can also make concrete garden ornaments, patio slabs, birdbaths, sundials, garden furniture and many other products which sell very well. Plans with complete instructions are available for all of these items. Your small business, begun in your garage or driveway, can soon become a large, and very profitable, enterprise.
By: John Mowatt
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Make Concrete Blocks – A Business With A Strong Foundation
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Make a Concrete Block Machine – A Solid Business Opportunity
March 7th, 2010
Making concrete blocks is a solid business with great profits. Everything from big buildings to tiny backyard projects is built using cement blocks. They are used by the building trades everywhere. There is always a big demand for concrete blocks and they will not go out of style.
You can start a part time business,from your garage,making concrete blocks with hand molds. Plans and instructions for this are readily available. You make the molds yourself from plywood and sheet metal and simply fill them with the appropriate concrete mix. You then turn the blocks out of the molds and let them dry before selling them. One person can turn out 100 cement blocks in a good days work. A local supplier always finds a ready market at building supply stores. They welcome local producers who can supply them with their needs at a good price. With no transportation costs you can make a very good profit and still keep your prices very competitive.
Sooner or later the demand for your products will be more than you can handle using hand molds. At this point you may decide that your part time business is ready to become a full time living. You will want to manufacture concrete blocks in larger quantities. To accomplish this you will need a concrete block making machine. Concrete block making machines are available from several makers. Most of them are abroad and the machines are expensive. If you can afford it go ahead and buy one. They do a great job and will pay for the high cost with greatly increased production. However there is a better way– for a fraction of the cost you can build your own concrete block machine.
Building a concrete block making machine is actually not that difficult. Plans,with complete instructions,are readily available and will enable you to build a machine which will produce 800 concrete blocks per day. The machine is built from new or used auto parts,sheet metal and a few odds and ends. This machine made for a fraction of the cost of a commercial machine performs equally well. A small hand operated machine can also be built. This is capable of making 200 blocks per day and is easy to make and run. You can make any number needed of low cost concrete blocks. You will be able to fill bigger orders than you possibly could using only hand molds.
You will naturally want to produce other concrete products when you are in the concrete block business. You can make concrete garden ornaments, birdbaths,sundials,concrete garden furniture,patio slabs,window boxes,huge vases and concrete urns for the garden. There is a very strong demand for these items and they are very profitable to manufacture. Your small part time home business has by now become a full time,high profit,enterprise. Few jobs can make you the income possible from your business.
By: John Mowatt
