Week 2 - Brick as Images

Type of Brick and temperature baked
From the colour of the brick, there appears to be a variety of red and dark purple mixed combination of bricks. This illustrates that the bricks were fired approximately 1100 °C. The bricks were smooth on the surface on the surface, and had a dense appearance, this indicates that the bricks were wet pressed.

Brick Texture
The “Slurried” brick texture has a slight inconsistency in its subtle texture of which is created naturally through the kiln. The brick also has neat straight edges.

Brick Size
The brick are made to the Australian standard brick size of 76mm high x 230mm long x 110mm wide.

Type of Bond
The bricks were played in the Flemish style.

Mortar Type
Mortar TypeThe mortar uses a “raked” joint. Since the brick wall is on the exterior, the mortar type should be M3 of general purpose durability class. It should be composed of Portland cement, hydrated lime and sand in the proportion of 1:1:6 during its construction process.

Type of Brick and Temperature Baked
Judging from the corky surface of the brick, the clay masonry is mostly likely a dry pressed brick. Since the brick wall primarily acts the exposed exterior façade, the face brick is hence not a wire cut brick.
The brick is relatively yellow and bright in colour, this shows that it was not fired a relatively high temperature, Roughly around 1000°C.

Brick Texture
This is a Fritted brick texture, the bricks have a glass-like substance melted into the surface for a glossy or mottled appearance.

Brick Size
The wall is composed of standard bricks in the dimensions of 76mm x 230mm x 110mm

Type of Bond
The brick wall uses a common stretcher bond.

Type of Mortar
The Mortar uses a “Raked” joint and uses M3 mortar type since it is within 10km of non-surf coast, hence the ratio of Portland cement, hydrated lime and sand are 1:1:6, or 1:0:5.