Sulphate attack on mortars and renderings of bricks
When brickwork is persistently wet, as in foundations, retaining walls, parapets and chimneys, sulphates in bricks and mortar may in […]
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Properties of bricks
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Bricks Compressive strength
This is a property of bricks which can be determined accurately. The compressive strength of bricks is found by crushing
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Properties of bricks
This is a somewhat vague term commonly used in the description of bricks. By general agreement it is recognised that
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Bricks Absorption
Scientific work has been done to determine the amount of water absorbed by {brick}s and the rate of absorption, in
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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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Efflorescence of bricks
Clay bricks contain soluble salts that migrate, in solution in water, to the surface of brickwork as water evaporates to