Specification of Brick

A brick is small block of burnt clay with a size that can be held in one hand conveniently. Brick should be thoroughly burnt, of uniform color, having plane rectangular faces, sharp straight, right angle edges.

Standard Modular size of common building brick is 190X90X90 mm.
The size of a Non-Modular brick is 9"X4-3/8"X2-11/16" (229X111X70 mm).But it is specified as 230X110X70 mm.
The weight of a brick is about 3 to 4 kg.

Recommended Sizes of Bricks

Type of Bricks	Normal Size (mm)	Actual Size (mm)
Modular Bricks	200x100x100 mm	190x90x90 mm
Non -Modular Bricks	229x114x70 mm	230x110x70 mm

Visual Characteristics of Brick

Good bricks should be burnt thoroughly so that they become hard and durable.
Satisfactory burning of the bricks is ascertained by hard ringing sound when two bricks are struck together.
The bricks should have smooth and rectangular shapes with sharp corners and uniform colors.
The bricks should be free from cracks, chips, warp age, large particles of lime and organic matters.

Water Absorption of Brick

Average water absorption of bricks after 24 hours of immersion in cold water should not be more than 20% of its own dry weight.

Raw Materials for Brick

Sufficient samples of the earth available must be tested to check if the soil is suitable for composition of bricks and available abundantly in neighborhood.

It is reasonable uniformity of composition in the soil. Mechanical composition of the soil may preferably confirm the following requirements.

Clay 20 to 35 %
Silt 20 to 35%
Sand 35 to 45 %

Two more types of soil can be mixed to confirm above requirements if single soil does not confirm above specification. The soil should be free from ‘Gravel Coarse Sand, Lime and Kankar particles, vegetable matters and roots etc.

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Various Types of Bricks

Bricks provides several choices for quality. Select a type according to your need.

Brick Tiles

Flat Brick Tiles should confirm specifications as per IS-1077-1992 and must be homogeneous in texture.

Bricks Quality

First Class Bricks must be homogeneous in texture without showing appreciable sign of efflorescence.

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Orientation of Building

To get maximum ventilation and natural light in your house, make sure the building is properly oriented. Orientation of building saves energy and provides comfortable living as well. This article tells you about various factors and benefits of building orientation.

Kitchen Pictures

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Types of Roofing

A solid roof on building is very important for everybody living in the house. The roof should be constructed in a way that assures you great safety. Here are given details about different types of roofing.

Door and Window Frames

Frames of doors and windows are most important parts of your doors and windows. They are available in different size, height, width and shapes. Frames hold locks and hinges and support door and windows to shut and open easily. Here is what you need to know about different doors and windows frames.

Type of Steel Bars

Different steel bars are recommended for their relative tensile stresses.Steel bars are major components of construction.Here is what you need to know about steel bars (Sariya).

Vastu and Brahmasthan

Brahmasthan is a powerful zone of the house. It should have open space for flow of energy in the house. The positive energy is very useful for living beings of the occupants of the house.

Brick Work

Brick work is an important part of construction work done with the help of bricks and cement mortar. It is done with different quality of bricks with different ratios of cement mortar according to the requirement.

Bathroom Shower Doors

Are you remodeling your bathroom? Bathroom shower doors make your bathroom a style icon. Read the following article that will help you select the bathroom shower door that will exactly suit your bathroom.

Vastu for Living Room

Living room or Drawing room should be located in east or north direction. The ideal location of a living room depends on plot facing.

Ratio of Cement and Sand for ‘Plastering’

Without knowing perfect mixture of cement and sand you can not achieve your goal.

Purchasing Guidelines for Cement

Manufacturing date, grade and type play vital role in purchasing right cement and there should be no lumps in it.

Bricks Quality

First Class Bricks must be homogeneous in texture without showing appreciable sign of efflorescence.

Which type of materials are required for drainage pipe fitting?

A coupler connects the two pipes to each other. If the material and size of the pipe are not the same,it is called a 'reducing coupler'.

Fine Sand /classification of sand

Fine sand should consist of natural sand or crushed stone sand. It should be hard, durable, clean and be free from organic matter etc. and should not contain any appreciable amount of clay balls and harmful impurities such as alkalis, salts, coal, decayed vegetation etc.