Porous brick

I live with my family in Buryatia, and winters are frosty and strong winds. He did not begin to build a house from timber, the craftsmen could not be found sensible, and the prices bite. When a friend suggested using a porous brick for a construction site, I did not even think about it.

Firstly, clay is a natural material, which means that my children are not afraid of any allergic “sores”. Still there is such a concept - the walls breathe. Only natural material can provide the necessary comfort.

Secondly, the masonry speed. Our summer is short and the speed of building a house is very important. Walls and piers laid out in 1.5 weeks.

Thirdly, good savings on masonry mortar (vertical brick walls with ridges in which mortar is not necessary).

By the way, the coming winter has confirmed the correctness of my choice. On the street minus 27 degrees, the boiler is set at 50 degrees, and at home 24 heat.

Good thermal insulation, natural material.

Price

In the summer with the guys were apprentices at the brigade of experienced storekeepers. We went to work near Samara, where customers adore porous brick (it seems they make it there). Previously, it was considered to be junk material, which is only convenient to ditch. Local is completely different, especially the 38th. They unloaded it with a shaft, all the bricks are whole.

The area, it is understood, is not hot, but the local architects design the walls in 2 bricks of the standard variety (510 mm together) without any insulation. Indeed, they began to put, the insulation is simply impossible to stick. Even in jumpers under the windows. In terms of speed, warm ceramics seemed to me a record holder. The masters endlessly screamed at us so that they would sooner interfere with the solution and bring it to us. But with the amount of solution we were mistaken more than once, it did.

durable (even without falling from a 10-meter height), it fits easily and quickly, eliminating the need for insulation

difficult to calculate solution volume