Bricks come in nearly over 1000 different colours, often the colour of your brick, and the mortar colour you pick will help unify the overall appearance of your brick building. This episode covers why brick colours are important to consider, and how bricks get their particular colour in the manufacturing process.

 

In this episode your host Elizabeth McIntyre, and Anthony Zhang, the quality control and Process improvement coordinator at Bowral Bricks, cover topics such as; 

• How bricks are manufactured; 
• The variations of colour and raw materials around Australia, used in the production of bricks; 
• Kiln conditions when firing bricks, and how this can change the colour of a brick; 
• The process of checking the quality of the bricks;
• Anthony's thoughts on what the biggest misconception people have about bricks; 
• and much more...

 

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Mentioned in the episode:

Think Brick Technical Factsheets

Think Brick Technical Manuals

The National Construction Code

Australian Building Codes Board

 

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