As a civil engineer, you should need to ensure that you are using good quality materials for the construction. Since poor quality material indirectly affects many factors including project budget
For Instance, take brickwork
If the bricks purchased are not up to the mark then the following consequences occur
So In this post, we are going to discuss factors that affect the quality of brick and how to choose the right quality?
As per IS specification the size of the brick should be 190mm x 90mm x 90mm and should weigh approx 3 Kg.
Reason to Check – Uneven surface & size will make the labour to work more to shape the brick before placing which affects the labour output per day
Reason to check – At the site, labours often shift the materials from one floor to another also sometimes slips accidentally from hands while working. If the brick can’t tolerate that fall then there will be a lot of brick wastage occurs
The brick should not absorb more than 20% of its dry weight of water when the brick immersed in water for 24 hours.
Now the Percentage of water absorption,
Reason to Check – The cement mortar has specified amount of water-cement ratio to increase the bond strength between the bricks. If the brick absorbs more water the mortar starts to dry and leads to weak brick bonding.
If there are lot white smudge on the brick then the brick contains much alkaline salt. It causes the efflorescence on its surface & disintegrated the bricks.
How to do the Efflorescence Test?
Actually, it is very simple
Reason to Check – Efflorenscence means the bricks contain more harmful salts which dissolves in mortar water and collapse the brick structure.
The brick should have frog impression which increases the bond strength with mortar.
A good brick should resist the effects of temperature, rain, frost action & fire up to 1200° C. Don’t forget the quality of bricks will increase the life of the wall.
Video Courtesy – UltraTech Cement
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