Despite the fact that the concept of a brick familiar to us from childhood, not everyone is able to pinpoint all existing types of brick and then determine how they differ from each other. Many of the bricks is so unknown to a wide range of individuals, even on the Internet about them is only limited information. For such species are acid-resistant bricks, refractory, Insulation, and some other types of building products.

Such a construction material like brick appeared in prehistoric times. Adobe raw widely used in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient Rome. The apparent primitiveness of this building material has not prevented the Romans to build complex structures such as arches and vaults.
Manual brick production remained the same labor-intensive and slow until the early nineteenth century. Forming a brick was carried out manually, and in order to be dried bricks had to wait for the summer. Firing was carried out in temporary shelters, floor furnaces, made from the same raw-dried bricks. In the mid-nineteenth century were created the first annular kiln and belt press. At the same time, there were also other glinoobrabatyvayuschie machine, whereby the production of bricks were put to a new level.
Today, large enterprises is over 80% of the brick. The largest plants have capacity of over two hundred million bricks per year.

One of the common types of construction material is clinker bricks used for paving roads. This brick is made from raw clay and fired to full sintering. Such sintering ensures that a brick does not leave any voids or inclusions, making the material becomes an incredible strength and durability. Other advantages clinker bricks are in its absolute frost-resistance, water resistance, which is a consequence of low porosity, and excellent durability. Clinker bricks can easily withstand high pressures and will not deteriorate from acids, alkalis and salts. He is the most suitable material for paving and playgrounds.

Facing brick distinguished, above all, smooth, almost perfect surface. It includes several types of brick - shaped, with an angular, semicircular or U-shape, fireplace, a surface which may not necessarily be smooth and have caused her a geometrically correct image, and a facade with a pattern in the form of lines, wavy lines and etc.
This brick is different, primarily because it includes limestone, cement and dye. Modern technology can compress a mixture of limestone-limestone under pressure of 600-900 atmospheres. Facing brick is suitable for a variety of types of construction - it is used in the construction of foundations, walls, interior finishes, as paving slabs. High strength and frost resistance of facing brick makes him ideally suited to the climate of our country, because it reliably aim to protect inhabitants of the house from wind and low temperatures. It should be noted that this type of brick slightly more expensive than conventional construction, and prices are reaching the range of 0,30 to 0,70 USD

In a number of construction is particularly necessary firebrick, which is particularly high strength and high resistance. If an ordinary brick begins to melt at 1200 ° C, and the temperature is lowered crumbles, the refractory bricks can easily withstand this range. This is not necessary to use a brick masonry and the lining of home furnaces, as in ordinary room temperature of the furnace is less than 800 ° C, but it is especially suited for the manufacture of fireplaces and stoves in the baths.
Also firebrick is an essential material in the industry - metallurgy, the firing of porcelain, glass production, where the temperature often reaches 1400 ° C and even 1800 °.

Firebrick includes four classes: silica, fireclay, the basic bricks and carbon. Crystal brick features, above all, the fact that it is completely homogeneous and has no cavities. It can be used where the walls of the furnace in direct contact with fire, but does not tolerate contact with iron oxide, alkali and lime. After the firing had come properties that make it similar to natural sandstone.
When laying refractory bricks to ensure that the seams were very thin. Binding solution refractory bricks made of clay with addition of powdered refractory bricks.