MANUFACTURING OF LIGHT WEIGHT BRICKS

Brick is the most used and one of the main construction material used in assembling of various infrastructures. This study reviews to produce an all time alternative to normal fly ash and red brick by using foam agent and local materials which is substitute to the red clay bricks. This foam brick considered as new construction Buildings materials used in construction sector. This light weight foam Bricks are used in the construction and building material due to its properties. The development of fly ash-based lightweight foam bricks is relatively new idea in the field of construction materials. This study finds that the use of fly ash, cement and rice husk ash as a raw materials and addition of foaming agent produces a mixture which have porosity and good binding properties to form a brick. The effects of the various raw materials have been discussed and most manufactured bricks with adding of foaming agent have shown positive effects on lightweight foam bricks as it increases the pores in the brick and improved the thermal conductivity of fly ash-based foam brick.