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Module 1 - Prepare Construction Materials
Module 1 - Prepare Construction Materials
1. Facing bricks
• These bricks are thoroughly burned and uniform in
colour, and having plane rectangular faces and sharp
straight right angled edges.
• They are used in the exposed face of the brickwork
without any plaster or surface treatment.
• Facing bricks are also used for “Rat Trap Bond”
masonry walls
Classification of bricks
2. Solid bricks
• A solid brick is a brick with less
holes or perforations of 25% of its
volume, in which frogs do not
exceed 20% of its volume
Classification of bricks
3. Cavity bricks
• A burnt clay hollow
block or brick with holes
larger than 20mm wide,
which exceed 20% of its
volume.
Classification of bricks
Crushing
strength (after
28 days) Min. 5 N/mm2 Min.2.8 N/mms Min. 3.5 N/mm2
SAND AND AGGREGATES
• Bottle test
• Take a bottle and fill in the sand until it is half full. Fill in
The clay and silt clean water until the bottle is threequarters full. Shake up
vigorously and leave it to settle for about one hour. Clean
content test can be in sand will settle immediately, silt and clay will settle slowly
on top of the sand. The thickness of the clay and silt layer
two ways: should not exceed one-tenth or 10% of the sand below.
• This test is also called decantation test. This test is not
applicable to crushed stone sands!!
• Dirty sand should never be used in masonry because it will
reduce the adhesive value of the mortar considerably.
Sea sand