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The Cape Grace Hotel, V&A Waterfront

The Table Bay Hotel, V&A Waterfront

The Cape Town Aquarium

The Cape Town Stadium

Iziko Cape Town Museum

St Georges Mall Cape Town

Sidewalks in City Centre

The Mount Nelson Hotel

Val De Vie Wine & Polo Estate Paarl

The Grand Roche Hotel Paarl

The “Rooi Plein” and sidewalks, Stellenbosch University Campus

The Knysna Waterfront
Thesen Island

Roads & Sidewalks in George

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www.bricksales.co.za
www.corobrik.co.za
www.claybrick.org.za

   
  The Language of Clay Bricks    
                 
  FBS   Face Brick
Standard
  Clay bricks that are selected or produced for their durability and uniformity of size and shape.      
                 
  FBX   Face Brick
Extra
  Clay bricks that are selected or produced for their durability and high degree of uniformity of size, shape and colour.      
                 
  FBA   Face Brick
Aesthetic
  Clay bricks that are selected or produced for their durability and aesthetic effect deriving from non-uniformity of size, shape
and colour.
     
                 
  NFP   Non-Facing
Plastered
  Clay bricks suitable for
general building work
that is to be plastered.
     
                 
  NFX   Non-Facing
Extra
  Clay bricks suitable for use,
plastered or un-plastered, for
general building work below
damp-proof course or under...
  ...damp conditions or below
ground level where durability
rather than aesthetics is the criteria for selection.
 
                 
  E   Engineering
Units
  Any class masonry unit produced for structural or load-bearing purposes in face or non-face work, where the manufacturer supplies clay bricks to an agreed compressive strength.   An engineering unit is designed by the addition of the letter E followed by a number equal to the nominal compressive strength in megapascals, e.g. FBSE21.  
                 
  PA   PA Clay
Pavers
  Clay pavers that are selected or produced for their durability and for a high degree of uniformity in size and shape, and that have...   ...dimensions such that the
ratio of work size length to
work size width is
approximately 1:1, 2:1 or 3:1.
 
                 
  PB   PB Clay
Pavers
  Clay pavers that are selected or produced for their durability and for their uniformity in size
and shape.