1. Brick Masonry
History, types, manufacturing and
properties.
KUNDAN WAGH
Roll No. - 201271

2. History of Bricks:
Bricks are one of the oldest types of building blocks.
They are an ideal building material because they are relatively
cheap to make.
A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry
construction.
The first sun-dried bricks were made in Mesopotamia (what is
now Iraq).

6. Advantages of bricks :
•Brick will not burn or melt.
•Brick will not rot.
•Brick will not rust & corrod.
•It will not be damaged by high winds or rain.
•Brick will not require constant maintenance.

7. General Characteristics of Bricks
Brick is made of clay.
There are three ways to form the shape and size of a
brick: 1)extruded (stiff mud), 2)molded (soft mud) 3)dry-
pressed.
 The majority of brick are made by the extrusion
method.
Brick achieves its color through the minerals in the fired
clay.

8. Bricks
Manufacture - 4 stages
Material preparation
Manufacturing
drying
Firing
1)Preparation: material
(clay) washed and grinding
(fineness)
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Sample of grinding machine
for clay
Sample of crushing machine

9. Brick
2)Manufacturing : Clay will
grinded with 15% of water. The
clay will be pushed through the
mould base on the shape. After
that, Clay will cut to get a
standard size of brick using wire.
Sometimes, bricks will produced
using big mould that clay will be
press that using hydraulic
machine.
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10. 3)Drying : Wet unit bricks
will be drying in space or
room with control
temperature to make sure
the bricks in complete dry.
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Brick was compile
before bring to the
kiln

11. 4)Firing : Dry bricks, was
compile in kiln to firing
process with 600o
C.
This is for burn the carbon
and sulfur that have remain.
After that, temperature will
increase to 900o
C to get a
vetrification process.
Normally, vitrification
process occurred around
800o
C.
Bricks become
hard/strong after
vitrification process. 11

12. Bricks
Bricks manufacturing process
flow

13. MATERIAL PREPARATION

14. Manufacturing

15. Manufacturing

16. Setting

17. Firing Process

18. Packaging

19. PROPOERTIES OF BRICKS
The most important properties of brick are
1) durability
2) color
3) texture
4) size variation
5) compressive strength
6) absorption.

20. Brick Work
Brick shape in
brick work
To produce the
variety of
arrangmenet or
special purpose
in brick work
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21. Brick Work
Brick shape in
brick work
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Angle
Brick

22. Brick Work
Brick shape in
brick work
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23. Brick Work
Brick
arrangement in
brick work
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24. Brick work
Brick
arrangement in
brick work
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25. Brick Work
Brick
arrangement in
brick work
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26. Brick Work
Brick
arrangement in
brick work
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27. Brick work
Brick arrangement in
brickwork
Some of the popular brick
arrangement is:
Brick edge Arrangement
Brick head
Arrangement
American Arrangement
English Arrangement
Flemish Arrangement
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American
Arrangment

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Decorative of brick work
Walk way

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Photo advantages of brick

30. The
End
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