Why build anything using bricks?

As a composer wall, the use of brick has been known since long. Although, today many substitute materials to create walls, but some people who still prefer bricks when building houses. Brick has several advantages that until now still used. Let's see more of the legendary brick which is also the reason why many people like it.


Raw Materials Bricks

The raw material is a clay brick or clay that has been cleared of pebbles and other stones. This land is mostly found around us. That's one of the causes, brick easily obtained. Occasionally, we see the brick color and different levels of hardness. This difference is caused by differences in soil materials used as well as differences in combustion techniques are applied.

Types of Bricks

In general, there are 2 kinds of bricks, namely:


Conventional brick
These bricks are made in the traditional way and using simple tools. Clay or loam soil that has been cleaned, given a little water and then molded into shape boxes. Brick mold is usually made of wood which simply made into a box.

The dough that has been printed, issued and dried in the sun to dry. The bricks are dried and then prepared resemble tall buildings and then burned in the time period long enough for about 1 day to stone looks charred. Flame temperature during combustion can reach 1000 degrees Celsius. In the combustion of ordinary bricks using grass or chaff that will make the bricks have the tiny holes like the pores.

One characteristic of conventional bricks is a form that is not always the same, no neat and coarse textured. This can be understood as a conventional brick-making using simple tools and more major human resources in the making.

Pressed brick
Making bricks is using the help of machines. The result is a brick that has a smooth texture, have the same size and look more presentable.

Why Brick?

Selecting brick as a material for walls is quite reasonable. This is because the bricks have the advantage, among them:


Cheap
Clay brick is the main ingredient is easily available and quite a lot of stock in our country. This causes the price is quite cheap bricks.

Easily obtained
In addition to its raw materials are easily obtainable. The bricks are also easy to make, requiring only simple tools and a small capital so that many people who can make it. Inventories bricks became easy to obtain.

Unique colors
The orange color become typical cirri bricks into his own appeal. Homeowners sometimes do not accidentally close the bricks with cement and paint, otherwise the bricks are left exposed so that gives an impression of nature at home.

Strong
Brick is resistant to hot weather, humid weather and air dingan. This is expected to be given as one of the protective walls of the house.

Good heat repellent
Because it is able to resist heat, brick is suitable to be used as walls of the house. The bricks are able to make in the house felt cold despite the hot weather outside the house.

The bricks have been part of most houses in Indonesia. With many advantages, not surprisingly, unique colored bricks that still survive to become part of our house.




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