The global size of a brick is the following: cm. 44.00 long, cm. 10.00 high and cm. 22.00 deep, with a weight ranging from 15 to 16 kg, according to the aggregates used.
At present, similar blocks are under study and will be prepared quite soon.
These blocks have only small differences compared to the block of 22 cm , with a depth of 25 and 30 cm which, as well as improving insulation and soundproofing, will allow constructions having high anti-seismic properties.
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The bricks are installed by superposition, as usual, binding them together with a small quantity of mortar of cement: superposition is facilitated by the presence of two circular crowns (which, in some models, have been eliminated), with emerging vertical thickness, serving as alignment guides.
On the upper side there are three longitudinal horizontal grooves: two near the external edges, whose function is to house the electric and sanitary installations - 3.5 cm deep and 3.0 cm wide - which are in correspondence with four rectangular holes of cm 12.0 x 3,0; and one in the centre, 2.5 cm deep and 3.0 cm wide, whose function is to house a rod reinforcing the whole masonry.
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There are three circular holes in the brick, with a slightly conic vertical section and a medium diameter of cm 6.0: two wholes at the ends, whose centres are determined by diagonals drawn between the external angles of the short side of the block and the transversal axis of the centre line. These holes allow to create, when necessary, some micro-pillars in the vertical holes.
The central hole - like all the other non structural holes - has the functions of lightening the block and allowing heat insulation and soundproofing. In view of lightening, there are also eight holes - four on each side - having a diameter of 14 mm, all obtained in the solid depressed sections which connect, on the two long sides, the external faces of the block with its nucleus. |
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| On the external faces there are longitudinal grooves so as to create a series of modular facets that can be easily removed, thus creating housing for pull boxes, switches or sockets. Both the structural holes and the holes designed for housing installations are vertically connected all along the wall height, even with staggered blocks. |
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Intrados of the block |
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Section of the block |
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Section of the blocks mounted |
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