Apart from location, affordability, amenities and etc, the most crucial material you need to consider before constructing your home is BRICK. They act as a vertebral column to construction. Starting from handmade – sun-dried bricks to recently launched Co2 made bricks, everything has evolved in construction. Many of us neglect the importance of brick in construction which stands as the main base for the long life of the building.
Today, due to hectic schedules in our day to day lives you might hardly get any time to check with the actual materials used in construction. In another way, to avoid the tedious process you might give the construction responsibility to a contractor. Make sure of the materials he uses before you decide.
If you are one of those, who prefer a life in gated community, then you must be equally careful to look at the materials used in construction activities. Eco-friendly bricks are the Red bricks which are not much profitable for builders and due to the size of the red brick, quantity required is also high. This makes many developers to avoid Red Bricks.
Fortunately, Aditya Constructions use Red bricks in each of their construction. They are also very particular with every material used in their constructions ensuring quality by using premium and eco-friendly materials. This is one such quality that made them the best reality Brand in Hyderabad.
Advantages of using RED BRICKS
- They are much durable and hard that they can withstand severe wind and extreme weather conditions.
- Red bricks are great insulators, they store heat energy absorbed during daytime and release heat after the sun set. This helps in keeping the house warm in winter and cool in summer.
- Red bricks create a very little amount of waste and produce less environmental pollution, hence they are eco-friendly and degrade completely.
- The compressive strength of a red brick is good enough for any ordinary construction.
- The raw material is easily available and the cost of maintenance is also low for red bricks
- Red bricks are highly fire resistant and easily reusable and recyclable.
- They have a better sound performance where it is capable of blocking the sound from outside.
Apart from many advantages of using red brick, 99% of today’s residential developers use fly ash bricks. Let’s check with a small comparison table.
Red brick and Fly ash brick comparison table
| Type | Fly ash brick | Red brick |
| Cost | approximately Rs.3 per brick | approximately Rs.5.50 per brick |
| size | Large – Time saved in construction | Small – More time for construction |
| Load | Less load bearing | Heavy load bearing |
| Durability | Doesn’t hold together for much time | Hold together for too much time |
| Penetration | very hard which might allow easy cracks | Flexible |
| Plaster | Will not hold for long | Will hold for lifetime |
| Compressive strength | poor | excellent |
| Eco-friendly | no | yes |
| remodeling | hard | easy |
| Gaps between wall and roof | cannot be filled | filled |
| Cement consumption | Low | High |
Red Brick size
Red brick is a solid unit of a building having a standard size and weight. These bricks have an average density of 125 PCF. Country made red brick size can be 200mm X 100mm X 65mm & 200mm X 100mm X 75 mm. They consume more cement for construction of a wall. Factory made red brick are also of a similar size but the consumption of cement can be reduced to 50%.
Red Bricks Price
Red bricks are available at an affordable cost ranging from Rs. 3/- to Rs. 7/- depending on the quantity you order. Sometimes they cost more than fly ash bricks but for an environmentally sustained construction, always prefer a red brick.
Good information. But I guess there are hardly any builders using Red bricks considering quality. Everyone runs behind profits.