Frost resistance of bricks
A few failures of brickwork due to the disruptive action of frost have been reported during the last 30 years […]
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Walls
A wall is a continuous, usually vertical structure, thin in proportion to its length and height, built to provide shelter as an external wall or divide buildings into rooms or compartments as an internal wall.
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Efflorescence of bricks
Clay bricks contain soluble salts that migrate, in solution in water, to the surface of brickwork as water evaporates to
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Soft Sand and Sharp sand
Sand which is not washed and which contains a deal of clay in it feels soft and smooth when held
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Matrix for mortar
The material that was used for many centuries before the advent of Portland cement as the matrix (binding agent) for
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Mortar plasticiser
As an alternative to the use of lime it has become practice to use a mortar plasticiser with cement in the
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Ready mixed mortar
Of recent years ready mixed mortars have come into use particularly on sites where extensive areas of brickwork are laid.
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Bricks for building blocks
Building blocks are wall units, larger in size than a brick, that can be handled by one man. Building blocks
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Lightweight aggregate concrete blocks for general use in building
The blocks are made of ordinary {Portland cement} and one of the following lightweight aggregates: granulated blast-furnace slag, foamed blast-furnace
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Lightweight aggregate concrete blocks primarily for internal non-loadbearing walls
These thin blocks, usually 60 or 75 mm thick, are made with the same lightweight aggregate as those in Class
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Concrete blocks moisture movement
As water dries out from precast {concrete blocks} shrinkage that occurs, particularly with lightweight blocks, may cause serious cracking of