Characterization and use of ceramic bricks

Ceramic brick is a popular and widely demanded building material. Its history begins from ancient times and today it remains one of the main traditional materials for construction. This brick is environmentally friendly and absolutely harmless, as it consists of natural clay, which is burned at high temperatures.

Thanks to this technology, ceramic brick acquires excellent strength and reliability, has excellent fire and frost resistance, and has high thermal insulation. This building material is used almost everywhere.

It is classified according to purpose and group, and its application depends on this. Ceramic brick happens: front, it can still be called facing, ordinary and ceramic stones. Facing ceramic bricks are used for cladding building facades and decoration of various rooms, thanks to the high-quality front surface. He will give any building a beautiful aesthetic appearance. Ordinary, or building, is a building material for the construction of foundations, external and internal walls, etc. Ceramic stones are good for both external and internal decoration of buildings and premises, for the rapid construction of walls, they are used for laying foundations and socles. Their use significantly speeds up masonry work, they are made only hollow, can be smooth and grooved.

In addition, the front and ordinary, in turn, are divided into solid and hollow bricks. Also, facing brick can be of various colors, it depends on the clay from which it is made. Solid brick is used for laying external and internal walls of buildings, columns, pillars, retaining walls, the inside of chimneys and other structures. Also, this brick is perfect for laying stoves and fireplaces, it is usually made of red ceramic brick, as it has excellent fire resistance and excellent appearance. The most common brick for erecting walls is hollow, it is lightweight, this significantly reduces the load on the foundation, and also has good thermal insulation properties. It is suitable both for load-bearing walls and internal partitions, for filling frames, walls made of this material will become a reliable heat and sound insulator, the material is not inferior to wood in the quality of air exchange, and it breathes easily and freely in such buildings.

From the above, we can safely conclude that the excellent qualities of ceramic bricks provide the opportunity to apply it in almost all construction works.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/F18232/


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