Brick And Block

The purpose of this manual is to outline, in as simple a manner as possible, the details of making and burning clay brick suitable for domestic building. The scope of the manual is confined to "cottage industries"; it does not cover large commercial production such as is known in the United States.

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The main objective of technical memoranda is to provide small-scale producers in developing countries with detailed technical information on small-scale technologies, which have been successfully applied in a number of countries, but are not well known outside the latter.

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This manual combines the experience of four men who used the CINVA-Ram Block Press and figured out answers, bit by bit, to the inevitable problems of-detail as they came up day after day. This was the hard way to learn how to use the press; this handbook is intended to make it easier.

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The purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader with do the information necessary to make adobe bricks that conform to the specifications of the Uniform Building Code, and thus can be used for building a home or other structure.

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A 1000 to 3000 capacity kiln has been devised by the Building Research Station, to meet the needs of small scale intermittent production of a durable material at village level. The design has been made as simple as possible, eliminating the need for skilled labour in its construction.

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The Shaft Lime Kiln was adopted by the Building Research Station, to meet the needs, where only small quantities of lime are required for building purposes, stabilization of soils and lime washes. This bulletin is directed at a community where the use of lime would be an asset in improving conditions is a District where limestone is readily available.

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The kiln is a rectangular construction with an internal dimension sufficient to stack to a predetermined pattern of a maximum of 3,000 bricks within its walls. Learn more about the Kiln here.

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The purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader with all the information necessary to make adobe bricks that conform to the specifications of the Uniform Building Code, and thus can be used for building a home or other structure.

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The manual is intended for the first-time producer wishing to produce fired clay bricks on a small scale using the minimum of infrastructure and investment. For example, it is for those individuals, projects, government departments and non government agencies who find themselves in the position of having to produce their own building materials because none are available on the local market. It is also for those who intend to start producing bricks full-time to supply bricks for the local market.

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The compressed earth block is the modern descendant of the moulded earth block, more commonly known as the adobe block. This book attempts mainly to illustrate both general means of production and actual physical techniques, as well as their economic implications.

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