Abstract: It is a method of treatment of support rods for the support of steel reinforcements in making aerated concrete, in which the support rods are first dipped into a hot bath of molten paraffin or a similar wax-like, waterproof material, which is solid at room temperature and has a softening temperature of about 50.degree. to 70.degree. C. Then the coating formed thereby is hardened by cooling. Then the steel reinforcements are suspended on the support rods and they, together with the support rods are coated with a corrosion protection medium in the form of a water-lacquer.

Abstract: In the cutting apparatus for cutting a porous concrete block which is still in a plastic condition, the cutting table comprises a plurality of bars (5) which are disposed parallel and at a spacing from each other. The bars (5) are mounted horizontally displaceably perpendicularly to their longitudinal direction while provided between the bars (5) are spacer members (20) which restrict the movement of the bars relative to each other when they are pulled apart and pushed together, to the width of the cutting gap, such that the mutual spacing (S) of the bars (5) which are drawn apart prior to the cutting operation can be reduced by the width of the cutting gap after the cutting operation, by pushing the bars towards each other.