Types of Bricks and it's usage

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Bricks play very important role in construction. Bricks are used as an alternative of (shaped) stones, to provide strengths in construction purpose. This can be used in: 

  • Construction of walls of any size

  • Construction of floors

  • Construction of arches and cornices

  • Construction of brick retaining wall

  • Making Khoa (Broken bricks of required size) to use as an aggregate in concrete

  • Manufacture of surki (powdered bricks) to be used in lime plaster and lime concrete

It's very important to select correct type of bricks for constructing a dream home.

 

Depending upon quality, bricks are classified majorly into following 4 types:

  1. First Class Brick: The size is standard. The color of these bricks is uniform yellow or red. It is well burnt, regular texture, uniform shape. It doesn’t have efflorescence. It emits a metallic sound when struck by another similar brick or struck by a hammer. It is hard enough to resist any fingernail expression on the brick surface if one tries to do with a thumbnail. It is free from pebbles, gravels or organic matters. It is generally used - 

  • in a building of long durability, say 100 years,

  • for building exposes to a corrosive environment,

  • for making coarse aggregates of concrete.

  1. Second Class Brick: The size is standard, color is uniform yellow or red. It is well burnt, slightly over burnt is acceptable. It has regular shape; efflorescence is not appreciable. It emits a metallic sound when struck by another similar brick or struck by a hammer. It is hard enough to resist any fingernail expression on the brick surface if one tries to do with a thumbnail. It is used for the construction of - 

  • one-storied buildings, temporary shed,

  • when intended durability is not more than 25 years. 

  1. Methapak Class Brick (between First and Second Class): It's strength in somewhat between First Class and Second Class. It's more like First Class but just lighter in weight. It's very hard to distinguish this from First Class brick in visual characterstics. The size is standard. The color of these bricks is uniform yellow or red. It is well burnt, regular texture, uniform shape. It doesn’t have efflorescence. It emits a metallic sound when struck by another similar brick or struck by a hammer. It is hard enough to resist any fingernail expression on the brick surface if one tries to do with a thumbnail. Like First Class, it is also used -

  • in a building of long durability, say 80 to 100 years,

  • with intention to reduce cost, used in non-load bearing walls (between concrete pillars and under beams)

  1. Third Class Brick: The shape and size are not regular. The color is soft and light red colored. It is under burnt, slightly over burnt is acceptable. It has extensive efflorescence. The texture is non-uniform. It emits a dull or blunt sound when struck by another similar brick or struck by a hammer. It leaves fingernail expression when one tries to do with the thumbnail. It is used -

  • in one-storied buildings,

  • temporary shed when intended durability is not more than 15 years. 

 

Depending on Manufacturing Process, bricks are also classified into following 3 groups:

 

  1. Unburnt Bricks: These are half burnt bricks. The color is yellow. The strength is low. They are used as surki in lime terracing. They are used as soiling under RCC footing or basement. Such bricks should not be exposed to rainwater.
  2. Burnt Bricks: Burnt bricks are made by burning them in the kiln. First class, Second Class, Methapak Class & Third Class bricks are burnt bricks. 
  3. Over Burnt or Jhama Brick: It is often known as the vitrified brick as it is fired at high temperature and for a longer period of time than conventional bricks. As a result, the shape is distorted. The absorption capacity is high. The strength is higher or equivalent to first class bricks. It is used as lime concrete for the foundation. It is also used as coarse aggregate in the concrete of slab and beam which will not come in contact with water.

 

At Prince Bricks, we have First class, Second Class, Methapak Class, Third Class and Jhama bricks available. Depending upon strengths, those are used for different purposes as mentioned above, and are also priced differently. 

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