English Bond English bond consists of alternate course of headers and stretches. In this English bond arrangement, vertical joints in the header courses come over each other and the vertical joints in the stretcher course are also in the same line. For the breaking of vertical jo...
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Surkhi Surkhi is called as Trass, or brick-dust in England. Surkhi is used as a substitute for sand for concrete and mortar, and has almost the same function as of sand but it also imparts some strength and hydraulicity. Surkhi is made by grinding to powder burnt bricks, brick-ba...
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Fire Bricks Fire bricks are made of fire-clay or refractory clay, burnt at a high temperature in special kilns. Fire bricks are generally of a white or yellowish white colour, the colour of fire-clay is generally grey, and is somewhat greasy to the touch. A fire clay with a coa...
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Compressive /Crushing Strength of Bricks Compressive /Crushing strength of bricks (Indian Made) are very variable, and may vary from 30 kg/sq. cm to 150 kg/sq. cm for hand-made burnt bricks, while Crushing strength of heavy duty bricks machine pressed (also called engineering...
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