Dense aggregate blocks for general use
The blocks are made of {Portland cement}, natural aggregate or blastfurnace slag. The usual mix is 1 part of cement […]
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Walls
A wall is a continuous, usually vertical structure, thin in proportion to its length and height, built to provide shelter as an external wall or divide buildings into rooms or compartments as an internal wall.
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Walls Resistance to weather and ground moisture
A requirement of the Building Regulations is that walls should adequately resist the passage of moisture to the inside of
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Prime function
The prime function of an external {wall} is to provide shelter against wind, rain and the daily and seasonal variations
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Sulphate attack on mortars and renderings of bricks
When brickwork is persistently wet, as in foundations, retaining walls, parapets and chimneys, sulphates in bricks and mortar may in
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Walls functional requirements
The function of a wall is to enclose and protect a building or to divide space within a building. To
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Bricks Compressive strength
This is a property of bricks which can be determined accurately. The compressive strength of bricks is found by crushing
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Properties of bricks
This is a somewhat vague term commonly used in the description of bricks. By general agreement it is recognised that
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Bricks Absorption
Scientific work has been done to determine the amount of water absorbed by {brick}s and the rate of absorption, in
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MORTAR FOR BRICKWORK AND BLOCKWORK
Clay bricks are rarely exactly rectangular in shape and they vary in size. Some facing bricks are far from uniform