BRICKS

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Submitted byAMRUTHA. M.ACIVIL

TYPES OF BRICKS

BUILDING BRICKS

HEAVYDUTY BUILDING BRICKS

PERFORATED BUILDING BRICKS

HOLLOW BRICKS

FACING BRICKSThey are designed to be used for facing, as for example on the exterior of the wall, where the bricks will be seen. These bricks are designed to have a neat and even appearance.

PAVING BRICKSThey are manufactured to be laid flat on ground. They are designed to last when installed in the ground. They can withstand both hot and cold temperatures, snow and rain and foot traffic.

SEWER BRICKSA brick made from shale or clay, burned to a greenish blue color in a flame of low oxygen in a kiln, and used in drainage structures for the conveyance of sewage, industrial wastes, and storm water.

SOILING BRICKS

FIRE CLAY BRICKS/ REFRACTORY BRICKS

It is a block of refractory ceramic material used in lining furnaces, kilns, fire boxes and fire places. It is built primarily to withstand high temperature, but also will have a low thermal conductivity .

FLY ASH BRICKSIt is a building material containing class c fly ash, water, quick lime, cement, aluminum powder and gypsum.

SPECIALLY SHAPED BRICKSBULL-NOSED BRICKBullnose brick is a style of brick that has one, some or all of its corners rounded off.• Vertical and horizontal curves to brickwork for doors and windows.• Subtle curves to projecting brickwork.

CANT BRICKS• Bricks to turn brickwork through angles on plan.• Vertical and horizontal chamfers to brickwork for doors and window openings.• Chamfered capping to walls.

PLINTH BRICKSPlinth bricks have been used for many years in both commercial and domestic buildings.• Splayed bricks that create changes in depth to brickwork elevations.

COPING BRICKS• Flush and overhanging specials bricks to cope the tops of freestanding walls and parapets.

CORNICE BRICKSA cornice is a horizontal metal decorative molding which crowns the building and is outward projecting in most cases.

CHANNEL BRICK