Materials+Review

-Hi Karen, How are you? Hi Nohelia, I’m fine, and you?
 * __ Brick vs. Stone. __**
 * __ Comparison. __**

-Fine, Let’s discuss about some construction materials. I’m an expert in Stone! Oh good, I’m an expert in Brick! Let’s compare both of them.

-Well, stone is a very hard material, one of the first the human experiment with. In fact oldest constructions like Stonehege and Petra are entirely made of it. Really? Well, Brick has been also used in public spaces since ancient Rome. A lot of structures and roads were built with brick.

- Stone is used in construction because it is beautiful, solid, hard and resistant with time, and also because it can be carved with no problem. At first, in the medieval age, cathedrals where made almost entirely with stone, that’s why constructors took a lot of time to make one of them. Yes, I had heard something like that; I also think it is a really nice material, Although, Brick is also a good material to built because it is very resistant and the maintenance it`s minimum. Brick has to be used in conjunction with mortar because its shape is too irregular to be stable and it has been used since the 4th millennium BC.

-But, Isn’t stone too heavy to be transported? Yes it is, that is one of its disadvantages, sometimes its use can be reduced because of it and also because it is hard to quarry and cut. Is brick as heavy as stone?

- No, It isn’t, although it is very heavy and can turns extremely warm in hot climates. According to my resources, brick compares favorably with stone as a structural material. Well, may be that’s because stone is  so rigid that it is weak to tension, plus, it is expensive. ** That’s why, right now, it is mostly used as a surface veneer than as structural material. ** -Brick can be used in many ways because of its capacity to adapt to weather, not require painting and this reduce the costs of constructions.

Karen, it has been a pleasure to talk to you, see you in the future. The pleasure is mine! I hope we can talk later about other materials!

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