Building Materials

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Building materials


Building material is any material which is used for a construction purpose. Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, sand, wood and rocks, even twigs and leaves have been used to construct buildings. Apart from naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more and some less synthetic.

Classified briefly to:

Raw Materials
Masonry Materials
Finishing Material


Raw Materials

Primary materials used for construction, whether man-made or are in the nature.
I will mention the most important:

Sand: It is a fine aggregate consists of silica. Used in mortar, plaster & concrete. Measured by m³.

Gravel: it is a coarse aggregate. Used in concrete & foundations. Measured by m³.

Lime: It called “Nowra” at Gulf. It used in plaster, masonry, sand lime bricks industry.

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Cement: It is a major material, made from silica, lime stone & bauxite.
-Portland cement.
-White cement.
-Quick cement.
-Sea water & sulfate resisting.


Masonry Materials

They might be Bricks or natural stones.

And there are 10 classifications under the bricks.
1-Clay bricks. [ adobe & red ]

2-Sand bricks.

3-Concrete bricks. [ hollow & solid ]

4-Fire bricks.

5-Glass bricks. [ hollow & solid ]

6-Gypsum bricks.

7-Screen bricks.

8-Artificial stone bricks.

9-Asphalt bricks.

10-]Rubber bricks.

& I’ll mention the finishing materials in a separate article to take its sufficiency.​