KUANTAN BRICKS
SDN BHD
Bricks are the only man-made building materials that testify to their use since the early human civilization. With their attractive appearances and superior properties such as high compressive strength and durability, excellent fire and weather resistance, good thermal and sound insulation, bricks are widely used for building, civil engineering work, and landscape design.
At present, most of the building will use bricks to build the buildings. Demand for bricks is very high at present. Good quality brick is much needed by construction companies. Bricks that produced must also have features brick according to set standards for making buildings. Therefore, Kuantan Bricks SDN BHD has produced bricks of clay to be supplied to organisations that undertake construction projects. Clay bricks produced by this organisation to use 100% clay without mixing other substances or any additive.
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Dense materials such as bricks have what engineers call 'thermal mass'.
Put simply, heavyweight building materials can absord and store heat energy releasing it slowly."Thermal Mass" is the ability of a material to absorb heat energy. A lot of heat energy is required to change the temperature of high density materials like bricks, concrete and tiles. They are therefore said to have high thermal mass.
Lightweight materials such as timber have low thermal mass. Appropriate use of thermal mass throughout your home can make a big difference to comfort and heating and cooling bills.The mass of brickwork helps stabilise internal temperatures by delaying the passage of heat through the wall.This delay is called the 'lag time'. The higher the level of thermal mass, the longer the lag time.
A clay brick wall will have a lag time of up to eight hours. In other words, by the time heat striking the wall penetrates inside, the peak of the day has passed hours earlier, allowing you to ventilate and cool the house naturally.
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Whether between rooms within a home or from noise outside, brick provides superior sound insulation. So whether it’s the garbage truck outside at 5 am or your teenager’s drum kit at 11 pm, you can enjoy more peace and quiet in your own home. The heavy mass of clay brick masonry is ideal for acoustic insulation, particularly for low frequency noise, and cavity masonry walls have the added benefit of isolating impact sounds.
It possesses an inherent resistance to the passage of airborne sound, which makes it a superior performer in attenuating low-frequency, airborne noise caused by building mechanical systems, elevators, amplified music, traffic and aircraft. Although some alternative systems may perform as well as masonry for frequencies in the speech range, these lower mass systems have difficulty insulating against low-frequency noise.
Brick is permanent. Once it's built it remains weatherproof and age proof. Brick doesn't get tired like man-made materials, so it requires virtually no upkeep or repairs, giving you both a sound mind and a sound home. Bricks don't rust or erode, rot or decay, bend, twist or warp. Brick is a great protector - against the extremes of the Malaysia climate - heat and cold.
Malaysia is a country of extremes. At any one time, different parts of our continent can be experiencing bushfires, floods, severe storms and drought. And climate change researchers suggest that conditions may soon become even more extreme. Many brick buildings only improve their appearance with age - The Great Wall of China is still looking great after more than 2,000 years.
Brick doesn't need paint or other treatments to maintain aesthetics and durability. Even after 50 years it is still strong, reliable and relatively maintenance free, saving you on the cost and time required to upkeep lighter weight materials.
Most brick colours and textures hide rain streaking, whereas plain or painted wall finishes such as render tend to show these and if damaged, are expensive and time-consuming to repair.
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Bricks have thrived over thousands of years because of their longevity, durability and a number of factors that contribute to their inherent sustainability.
They require minimal maintenance, create highly energy efficient buildings and perform multiple functions, reducing environmental impacts from other materials.
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If you're about to build a home, you have a lot of things to think about. And none more important than the material you build your home from, at which point we urge you to think Brick. Brick insulates in a way most materials do not. It keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer, saving on energy bills and making your home a more comfortable place to be.
Did you know heating and cooling make up 39% of the average home's energy use? By combining bricks and insulation in your home, you can save on heating and cooling, decreasing your energy bills by up to 25%.
What's more, with energy bills predicted to rise in the next few years, these savings are only going to get bigger, significantly reducing energy use. Building with brick helps reduce internal temperature fluctuations ensuring comfortable living and working conditions throughout the day or year. Brick's exceptional thermal mass means that it absorbs heat and slows down heat transfer.
In sunny day, brick gradually absorbs heat from the sun and keeps the building cooler during the hottest part of the day. In rainy day, the brick holds the building's heat longer, keeping occupants warmer.
Over a 50 year period, life cycle analysis shows that most energy (89%) is used in the operational phase of a house, rather than in the building process. In particular, heating, ventilation and air conditioning represent a bigger source of greenhouse gas emissions than manufacture and construction, so it makes sense to focus on building your house to reduce operational energy by using materials with a high thermal mass such as brick.
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Bricks are non-combustible and don't assist the spread of fire, making them ideal for building in bushfire-prone areas. Clay bricks normally do not suffer any structural damage after a fire and can be re-used even as load bearing walls. After all, Bricks are kiln-fired at temperatures up to 1200 degrees Celsius (a standard kitchen oven operates up to about 250 degrees Celsius).
The results only relate the behaviour of the specimen of the element of construction under the particular condition, they are not intended to be the sole criteria for accsessing the potential fire performance of the element in use nor they reflect the actual behaviour in fires. The period of fire resistance is 130 minutes.
Bricks alone won't fire proof a building - timber and plastic are flammable and glass shatters in the heat - but building in brick will provide a strong foundation to protecting your investment.
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Life cycle analysis is not just about the energy used to create a material (embodied energy), but also the energy used once the house is built (energy efficiency). Thanks to brick's thermal mass, a brick house performs across all areas of a life cycle analysis: durable and long lasting, energy efficient, and low maintenance.
So, if you assume a brick home will stay standing for 50 years, then brick's overall energy efficiency performance is similar to that of other popular building materials. But the longer a brick home stands beyond that, the more energy efficient it becomes across its life.