Standard brick: dimensions and characteristics

A stone of natural origin has served as the main construction tool in the construction of capital buildings for a long time. However, the established foundations have not survived since the advent of the building material of our time - brick. People were able to completely independently transform the required characteristics into the finished product. Day by day, we everywhere observe the scope of this type of building materials in a wide variety of areas. Today there are no barriers, if you wish to purchase a standard brick of a standard type: you can find out the dimensions as well as the selection criteria from the materials of this article.

• Typical brick applications, brick size and classification

Standard brick can be attributed, without false modesty, to very versatile materials that are widely used in most construction areas. Today there are a couple of varieties and standards of bricks. Rational selection of standard bricks is the basis for a good result of the entire complex of construction works.

Standard brick - types

Depending on the main components of manufacture, and on the characteristics of the material, standard bricks are classified into 3 main groups:

• Standard red brick.
• Silicate (white) brick.
• Ceramic brick.
• Brick for facing.

Areas of frequent use of bricks:

• Removal of both load-bearing and ordinary walls;
• Construction of foundations and plinths;
• arrangement of basements;
• facade cladding;
• erection of stairs;
• removal of partitions;
• Installation of stoves, chimneys and actually fireplaces.

The greatest demand, as well as distribution, was received by the red standard brick familiar to all of us. Its characteristics in technical terms are ideal for performing various tasks in construction. Elevator shafts are erected from it in high-rise buildings, columns, building foundations. Often a standard type of brick is taken as the basis for the foundation masonry of private houses.

If we are talking about the construction of stairs, then it is quite appropriate to use building products made of ceramics. Ceramics is much more resistant to moisture damage, temperature extremes and other atmospheric influences. Plus, ceramics are very malleable to mechanical transformations, which makes it possible, if necessary, to cut bricks without difficulty.

brick size

Today there are single, one and a half and 2nd bricks, as for the exact dimensional characteristics, we will describe them below in the text.

standard brick

During the formation of building crafts, a number of standards were developed according to which material of this type was produced. The size of a brick of the 1st type is: width 120 mm, length 250 mm, as for the height, it is 65 mm. It is these dimensions of the brick that are ideal for laying with alternation according to the longitudinal-transverse principle.

• How is a standard brick selected? Its technical aspects and characteristics

Before purchasing a standard brick, you need to understand your ultimate goal as accurately as possible. It is she who later will assume the choice of material for construction.

The color of a brick block directly depends on the type of clay on the basis of which it is produced. At the same time, the most common type is a red-burning mass of clay. She, in the end, gives the product a final red tint. Less commonly, we can find a standard brick of white, yellowish and apricot color, for the production of which white-burning clay is used. It happens that for the desired result or shade, a specialized pigment is added to the base.

The usual one is suitable for removing wall partitions and building any construct.

• Standard typology of bricks: 250x120x56 mm.

Subsequently, this standard brick will definitely require finishing by type, plastering. Facing, in turn, has exceptionally flat and smooth surfaces, and does not require any finishing. But with all this, the cost of both the actual type and the size of the facing blocks varies dramatically.

Brick strength

A very important aspect at the time of choosing a brick is strength, in other words, the ability of the block not to collapse under external loads. To build a house from one floor as a whole, a holding value of 100 kg per 1 cm is sufficient. If we are talking about multi-storey construction, then the final figure should be at least 150. The strength of a single batch is indicated on the manufacturer's packaging.

There is also another indicator that affects the quality of the blocks - frost resistance. This indicator is measured in cycles. Defined and set for each brand of blocks. The final product is placed in an aqueous medium, and then added to the freezer. The test period is 8 hours.