More About Materials: The Concrete Brick

Concrete Bricks

Construcciones Yamaro is a company always aware about giving information about construction to its customers. The company provides details and characteristics about the materials used in every work the company does. More than a construction company, Construcciones Yamaro is an ally to its customers that work together to achieve big goals. For today’s article, Construcciones Yamaro has decided to continue with the presentation of some characteristics about other construction material: the concrete brick.

The concrete brick is a construction material whose composition is based on the Portland cement, sand, water and other additives. Usually, it is used to substitute cast cement in the construction of walls, footings and other structures.

Uses of the concrete blocks

The concrete brick can be usually find in standard size pieces which are rectangular of 8 x 8 x 16 inch size (20 x 20 40 cm approximately), and typically have about 3/8 inch (about 9 mm) less the specified measure because it is necessary to leave room for the application of the mortar mix. The core concrete brick can be solid or hollow.

The standard concrete brick can be divided into two or three varieties mainly. The corners of each regular brick extend slightly beyond its front part to help hide the mortar on the finished wall, while in the bricks for angles and finishing we do not find these extended edges, thereby producing smoother appearance intersections.

Units known as Sash are pre-cut pieces to fit in around jambs and windows, also to accommodate the doorframes. Face bricks have a top layer which is designed to conceal the core, while the head units are designed to fit on the top or bottom of the window opening.

Concrete blocks

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