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Does any one know why are bricks expensive ? It is just dirt. right ?
It's clay, and wood is much more abundant in the US. However, in other places such as the UK, wood isn't abundant, so most houses are made of brick.
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What countries is brick still popular for primary construction? Japan is wood, China and much of Asia is majorly concrete. Europe?
Brick is by far the most common in the UK. Usually brick outer wall with an insulation gap and an aerated concrete block on the inner wall. Sometimes two concrete blocks if it's to be rendered (stucco?). Oak wooden frame is sometimes (can be expensive) used but the wooden cladding approach is very rare. That said prefab panels which combine stud work insulation etc are sometimes used. Not particularly commonly but th…
Brick is very popular because there's plenty of clay in the south and parts of the north, and it's relatively cheap and robust.
But it's usually used for smaller houses. There are some pre-WWII brick apartment blocks, but modern apartments tend to use the international standard concrete core and curtain wall approach.
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>Most "brick" or "stone" you see in new construction is some prefab panel glued to something Prefix that with "In the States".
What countries is brick still popular for primary construction? Japan is wood, China and much of Asia is majorly concrete. Europe?
When you see at brick buildings built 100 years ago, it's works of art. It's apparent that amount of attention to detail is just not within range of most brick layers today. Especially when you consider price point. I'm talking stuff like this: http://www.etovidel.net/appended_files/big/4ea52a818bc08.jpg BUT, robots can change all that. You can render a wall on PC, with all mosaics and tiles and all kind of super pre…
Bricks are expensive these days, and laying them is an artisan art and skill. Where I live in California houses are currently erected in days out of cheap wood and cladding. As soon as it is feasible this process will be automated and ways found to construct them more quickly using the cheapest materials. We recently had some terrible fires where entire subdivisions burnt. Dozens of houses burnt simultaneously yet th…
Does any one know why are bricks expensive ? It is just dirt. right ?
Bricks are expensive these days, and laying them is an artisan art and skill. Where I live in California houses are currently erected in days out of cheap wood and cladding. As soon as it is feasible this process will be automated and ways found to construct them more quickly using the cheapest materials. We recently had some terrible fires where entire subdivisions burnt. Dozens of houses burnt simultaneously yet th…
Does any one know why are bricks expensive ? It is just dirt. right ?
Concrete cinder blocks are cured in a mold, as with all concrete.
Adobe is often sun-baked in desert climates, but it's not as practical in other climates.
Cobble stones are hewn from found or quarried rock. Not all rock can withstand all environments, based on frost action and other factors. Graveyards tend to regulate head stone selection for this reason.
So it all really depends on your brick selection, and what will work for where you are, and how much you want to spend.
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What countries is brick still popular for primary construction? Japan is wood, China and much of Asia is majorly concrete. Europe?
Yep. My house, and all neighbors around live in brick houses. In my country people have this strange notion from Hollywood movies that if house isn't made from bricks, you can punch though the walls with a fist :) And we also know kid stories about tree piggies.
I'm not sure about the structural pros and cons of wood vs brick, but from what I've seen here in the mid-atlantic, brick is nowadays used more as a decorative outside layer, rather than a superior structure (for homes at least).
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>Most "brick" or "stone" you see in new construction is some prefab panel glued to something Prefix that with "In the States".
What countries is brick still popular for primary construction? Japan is wood, China and much of Asia is majorly concrete. Europe?
Bricks are expensive these days, and laying them is an artisan art and skill. Where I live in California houses are currently erected in days out of cheap wood and cladding. As soon as it is feasible this process will be automated and ways found to construct them more quickly using the cheapest materials. We recently had some terrible fires where entire subdivisions burnt. Dozens of houses burnt simultaneously yet th…
Wooden buildings have the advantage that in an active seismic area they can survive (or let the occupants survive) earthquakes much better than brick. Building codes in California prefer wood pretty much for this reason, even though they are more susceptible to fire. Fires can be controlled, versus having every masonry house in a city fall down simultaneously.
https://clay-wienerberger.com/expertise/brick-buildings-for-...
I'm curious as to whether wood-over-brick could allow taller structures than wood or brick alone. Building cheaply in the 50-85 foot range (high-rise regulations kick in above a floor height of 75 feet) is an important challenge going forward and hard to do with wood alone.