₦airaland Forum

Kaellivi:
available...............

Geosystem:
my wife's own is still showing pending what should we do now that camp is resuming on tuesday

Maeridee6782:
Have you been approved yet?

Zangazanga:
Does anybody know the way forward? please what can we do?

Maeridee6782:
Are you having disapproval issue too?

tasalanoni:
The regular laterite red brick

tasalanoni:
I'm not a pro but from the much I know about about red brick blocks they don't have the best thermal properties suitable for shelter in the tropics when baked to dryness since they have a very low heat capacity making them poor insulators of heat. Again brick blocks don't make for dynamism as our preferences and taste do change over time hence introducing new fittings in line with current trends and taste can prove to be somewhat difficult. Another controversial side of building with bricks is aesthetics. while some will argue that bricks bring superior aesthetics functions to buildings. I have a different opinion stemming from how homogeneous and plain structures built exclusively with bricks tend to appear. They leave us with a limited choice of wall finishing. On the pro side bricks have been shown to have superior strength when compared with cement blocks although this is a function of the moisture content of the brick. The lower the moisture content, the greater the strength and the lower its heat capacity, increasing its ability to retain heat which is undesirable in the tropics. Research efforts should then be directed towards the thermal and aesthetic implications of building structures with bricks. I strongly believe that building materials are distributed throughout the world by nature on the basis of geography of each part of the world. That deposits of the red earth material from which bricks are made occur in this part of the world is not some chance event and this necessitates that we take the responsibility of tailoring our shelter in line with our climate.

forgiveness:
Please, show me a picture of a residential house built with the fired clay bricks. Thanks

ifyalways:
Dunno about demand but it's fvcking expensive.

Tried in Accra, drained my pocket but worth it especially for personal house.

airsaylongcon:
My worry with these locations is that they are super humid. Poor quality bricks in humid conditions will disintegrate in no time.

megrimor:
I believe bricks are way more cheaper than cement