Short, but nice article on double brick housing in WA. Itโll be interesting to see how the home construction industry here changes in the coming decades.
I think in the future there will be a market for putting insulation plus cladding on the outside of double brick homes. Mine turns in to a pizza oven after a few consecutive 35+ days.
Kinda reminds me of rammed earth, but I think rammed earth is better about cooling down. (?)
The rammed earth iโve seen has been thicker than two bricks, and had no cavity. Maybe the properties are similar, but magnified?
Maybe. I havenโt heard of rammed earth keeping a house hot. Iโm guessing thatโs the cavity in the middle holding hot air.
Itโs mass that holds heat. Rammed earth is great if you donโt let it get too hot (so needs shading), or if itโs insulated (the best way).
For almost all of Australia bar the tropical north, the best construction is insulated mass - ie cladding (lightweight or not), then a cavity, then loads of insulation and a Vapor membrane, then masonry.
Same in QLD. My friends were complaining about their double brick, and how it holds heat for days and days, making it unbearable.
They are yes. Thereโs a current trend where new builds are emulating the older look with weatherboard appearance. But, itโs all modern materials now, and inside theyโre nothing like the beautiful old girls of the past. Much more liveable though, with all the mod cons.
I just went down a rabbit hole looking at modern Queenslanders, i see what you mean all the internal fret work is gone, just regular houses on the inside, apart from the good views.
But look at this one, i canโt even believe theyโre calling it a Queenslander! Super modern!
why do they use these decorative bricks for building walls? why not normal modern bricks? you know, these: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Porotherm_style_clay_block_brick_angle_1.jpg
What a lovely utilitarian idea! Seriously though, i reckon theres someone out there who has used these bricks in a ridiculously cool way. Iโll have to wait for the Grand designs episode i suppose. /j
pretty much all of hungary (not sure about other countries, but iโd expect at least the rest of central europe too) uses these types of bricks for almost everything. itโs not a new thing either, weโve had these all my life. not sure when they were introduced.
but iโve never seen these types used by anglo nations, and itโs always bugged me.
Of course! Iโm thinking too locally, iโve even seen people building with these types of bricks in Europe!
Yeah, iโm not 100% sure. But the brick look, with good tuck-pointing has been a popular style, see below for a cool example. Maybe itโs something to do with rendering not being available or popular in anglo countries.
