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Steve Moran Project 2 Brick 3/25/14 -Generic Term: Clay Brick -Specification: Facility Construction Subgroup Divison 4 -Material Application/Uses: The most common use for brick is as a structural wall, such as a foundation or bearing wall. A more modern use for brick is to use the material as a brick veneer. Physical Properties - Brick can be finished using dyes, changing the color of the material - Brick can also be made rougher or smoother -Standard brick size is 3 5/8” x 2 1/4” x 8” - Average weight of a brick is five pounds -Structurally brick is a dependable way to make a foundation or bearing wall but is a little out dated due to newer methods. Its non structural use would be as a brick veneer where the brick acts as a skin on the outside of the building. -Installation: Typically bricks are layed on top of each other in courses with mortar holding them together eventually building up to a structural wall. There are also many different types of bonds or patterns the brick can be layed in. - The price of brick ranges based on the quality of the material. One Hundred square feet could range anywhere from six hundred to seventeen thousand dollars. -Composition: Standard clay brick is made from clay and shale, then molded and fired in a kiln in tempatures up to two thousand degrees. -Clay: Clay is a natural material that is the end result of rocks being weathered down and broken into tiny particles over the course of thousands of years. -Shale: Softer, finer, rock formed from consolidated mud or clay. - Clay can be found anywhere where rock is being broken up naturally including places such as lakes, ponds, and seashores. Structural Brick Building -When clay is mixed with water it exhibits plasticity and is easy enough to work by hand, adfter drying the clay hardens as the desired shape (often times a brick) -Clay is one of the oldest ways to build because it is easy to work by hand and in ancient times without machinery it would be worked and baked in the sun. -Studies have shown that brick structures can have a lifespan of up to five hundred years. Few materials match bricks service life, and often times brick doesnt even need to be maintained for a hundred years at a time. -Bricks renowned strength, long life, and low maintence requirements are some of the reasons why the International Building Code actually allows brick to be reused as a building material

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