Abstract: A method for the manufacture of insulating, porous, shaped articles, such as insulating plates, blocks and similar construction elements, wherein expanded plastic spheres are mixed with a binder, comprising a bituminous product, wherein at the end of that treatment an amount of granular or powdery material is added to the mixture until the mixture consist mainly of loose spheres again, subsequently cement is added and the mass thus obtained is subjected a to second compounding treatment with water being added, whereafter the mixture thus obtained is compress to the desired articles with between the first and second compounding action a proteinaceous foaming agent being. Added. The foaming agent is preferably added simultaneously with the water and in an amount of 0.4 to 5% by weight of the solid components of the final mixture.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing porous shaped articles, such as flat or channel shaped insulation plates, blocks and similar building elements, in particular for building completely insulated houses, the articles obtained by this method and building constructions erected from these articles, in which method spheres of expanded porous resinous foamed material are blended with a binder, comprising a mixture of a bituminous product, and waterglass with a waterglass content of at the most 75% by weight, while at the end of this blending operation a quantity of particulate or powdery material including an additive such as sand is added to and co-blended with said blend until the mass again consists mainly of loose spheres, whereupon cement is added to the blend and the entire mixture is subjected again to a second mixing operation, while metering a quantity of water, and the mixture thus finally obtained is formed into the desired articles by compression and vibration followed by drying said articles in a self-supporti