House Design

Build a house use light brick have several benefits compare with clay brick. Several benefit as follows:

• Light brick have accurate and uniform size, because produce using machine
• Can be cut easily into various shapes and sizes, easy to machine can even be curved to murals.
• Easy to be integrated into existing design without major change to traditional system
• Reduce weight very significant for the same volume
• Reduce sound
• High thermal insulation
• Easy to transfer and faster application
• Improve fire rating
• Large size can replace almost 11 brick with single brick, reduce cost to build
• Easy to cut conduit, boxes, etc, for concealing pipes, electrical etc.

The size of light brick can be varied depend on the proposed application, the available size usually as follows (L x H x W):

• 600 x 200 x 75
• 600 x 200 x 100
• 600 x 200 x 150
• 600 x 200 x 200
• 600 x 200 x 225

 The disadvantage using light brick only can’t install something on the wall using nail, because nail won’t to stick to the wall because the structure of light brick can handle strong. So after we apply layer upon the brick we must use adhesive to stick something on the wall.

Many kind of light Brick and how to set up wall as on the picture below:

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When you are planning to modify your house from tile roofing to concrete roof, you should consider of your house contraction base. If your old house don't support with strong buffer construct, you should prepare this first before you prepare the concrete frame. You must change your old support concrete with new strong one, after that support have build you can start to build the frame construction for your roof concrete.

Be attention of the joint of your new concrete to your old house, if the steel concrete is lie on the old wall that support your house, you must support your house first before your break your old support. Your house can be falling down if you don't pay attention to this modification. Your temporary support for your old house should be strong enough, so you will don't disturb with further problem. If every support have prepared, you can start to create frame for your new concrete.

Preparation to build a concrete like on the pictures below:

As on the above picture, you can create support for concrete by using of bamboo to support your new concrete. Either of cheap this bamboo support also no easy to break to support your new concrete. After about one week after concrete, the bamboo support can be loose one by one.

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