In this article, the author will share information on the choice of facing bricks for the construction of a brick facade in relation to one -story and cottage house -building. You will read about what you should pay attention to during the purchase of brick, its transportation and during direct construction.
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Before choosing a project of your future cottage, it would not hurt to see what people around are doing. In any inhabited settlement, you will easily find at home whose facade is finished with facing bricks. Ask homeowners about what they went through in the process of building their houses. People mainly with great pleasure share their experience. In addition, this is a great occasion to meet — so why not combine pleasant with useful?
Previous in advance the questions that you are going to ask your neighbors.
List of questions
— The type of brick used in the structure of the structure is clinker, ceramic, hypercreshed?
— Who, where and when he produced it?
— Mark Brick — its corporate name
— In which organization was purchased?
— The supplier organization independently delivered a brick to your home, or you did it yourself?
— During the unloading of bricks, whether broken or unsuitable bricks were discovered? If so, how the organization solved this issue?
— who carried out brick laying? How quickly and efficiently he did it?
— What underwater stones surfaced during the construction of the building?
— What the builders said about the quality of the brick? Whether they liked him, or vice versa?
— What is the design of the wall? Facing masonry is combined with a bearing wall or vice versa?
— what water was used to make a cement mortar?
— What was the consumption of cement mortar during masonry?
— Whether any special solutions were introduced into the solution to improve the quality of the composition?
— whether salt deposits appeared on the facade parts of the building? In the case of a positive answer — what they did to fight this?
This is just an approximate list of questions for your future construction, it can be supplemented on the basis of the requirements of your project.
It must be understood that despite all the similarity, facing bricks of different types have its own constructive differences, which directly affect the quality and service life of your structure.