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1. BRICKS

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Submitted by
AMRUTHA. M.A
CIVIL

3. TYPES OF BRICKS
BUILDING BRICKS

4. HEAVYDUTY BUILDING BRICKS

5. PERFORATED BUILDING BRICKS

6. HOLLOW BRICKS

7. FACING BRICKS
They 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.

8. PAVING BRICKS
They 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.

9. SEWER BRICKS
A 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.

10. SOILING BRICKS

11. 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 .

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

13. SPECIALLY SHAPED BRICKS
BULL-NOSED BRICK
Bullnose 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.

14. 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.

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

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

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

18. CHANNEL BRICK