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• Brick have been used all
History Of Bricks over the world in every
class and kind of building.
• At present India has the
production capacity to
manufacture over one
lakh crore brick through
about 45000 local kilns in
an unorganized sector
• The brick do not required
dressing and the art of lay
bricks is so simple that the
brick work can be carried
out with the help of
unskilled labour.
•The bricks are obtained by moulding clay in rectangular
block of uniform size and then by drying and burning this
blocks.
•As bricks are uniform size they can properly arranged.
•The common brick is one of the oldest building material.
•It is extensively used at present as a leading material of
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Qualities Of Good Bricks
• table-moulded, well burnt in kilns, copper colored,
free from cracks, sharp and square edges, uniform and
bright color
• uniform and standard size
• bright, homogenous and uniform compact structure
• should not absorb more than 20% by weight for 1st
class bricks and 22% by weight for 2nd class bricks,
when soaked in water for 24 hours
• sufficiently hard
• low thermal conductivity, sound proof
• crushing strength below 5.50 N/mm sq
CRUSHING STRENGTH
The crushing strength of a brick is found out by placing it in a
compression testing machine.
It is pressed till it breaks.
As per BIS: 1077-1957, the minimum crushing or compressive
strength of bricks is 3.50 N/mm2.
The bricks with crushing strength of 7 to 14 N/mm2 are graded as
A and those having above 14 N/mm are graded as AA.
FOUNDATION OF A 1½ BRICK
TH WALL
A - PAVEMENT
B - EDGING
C - MORTAR
D - COURSE SAND
E - RUBBLE
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