Sjk Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Hi, Part of the build is in a flood risk zone, with this in mind I was thinking of spec'ing bricks with less than 7% water absorption, this however limits the choices. Do you think it is worth spec'ing such a low water absorption bricks? Also where do you call it, 7%, 10%, 13% etc. Thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Would using engineering bricks below dpc allay your concerns? If other experts have done their job properly your above dpc flood risk must be very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 It's also worth looking at the frost rating and the efflorescence rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Perhaps also where they are actually made. A lot of bricks with English sounding names are made in Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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