Advantage of Fly Ash Brick

The raw materials for fly ash brick are: fly ash, sand/stone dust, lime, gypsum and cement. Fly ash bricks are lighter than clay bricks.
What are the advantages of using Fly Ash Bricks?

Advantages of our bricks

  • Saves Construction Cost: Due to uniform shape and size of the Fly Ash Brick, it saves labor in laying Bricks by about 15%. This translates into reduction in labor cost in laying each Brick, which is quite substantial.
  • High Compressive Strength: Our Bricks composition, ensure that we achieve compressive strengths of 60-75 kg/cm2 and above, which is 2-3 times the products in the market. Our fly ash bricks can be used in load bearing walls, with the guidance of Structural Engineers and Architects.
  • Environment Friendly: Our brick uses unfired Fly Ash technology hence the CO2 emissions in the manufacturing process are limited. Further use of our bricks helps in conservation of precious top-soil.
  • Excellent Thermal Insulation: The buildings using fly ash bricks are cool in summers and warm in winters. The high insulating property, with low embodied energy, of our products reduces the energy consumption of the buildings significantly by as much as 40-50%.
  • Excellent Sound Insulation: Fly ash bricks are sound absorbent and restrict sound transmission keeping the interiors very pleasant and quiet.
  • Fire Resistance: Fire resistance of fly ash bricks is very high as these bricks are composed of fly ash as its major constituents, which is the un-burnt residue of the coal fired in a thermal power plant.
  • Nil Efflorescence: Fly ash bricks resist salt and other sulphates attack, ensuring no efflorescence in the structure.

How do fly ash bricks compare with clay bricks ?

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Properties
Fly ash Bricks
Conventional Clay Bricks
01
Basic Raw Material
Fly ash
Clay
02
Size & Quality
Uniform ( Factory made)
Uneven
03
Number of Joints in construction
Less (uniform size)
More (uneven size)
04
Mortar requirement
Less
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05
Platering
Less
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06
Direct Gypsum Plaster
Possible
Not Viable
07
Compressive strength
More
Less
08
Standards
IS:12894 – 2002
IS:3495(Pt.I)1976