Austral's Slick Bricks™, precision diamond ground bricks will change the way you build forever. Thorough innovative engineering, Austral has developed a revolutionary building system that makes bricklaying easier, quicker and stronger. Let Austral show you how to reduce the costs and increase the speed of production.
Austral's revolutionary Slick Brick Building System....
- Is at least twice as fast as conventional bricks.
- Saves time and money.
- Simple and easy to lay, minimal experience required.
- Multiple sizes and designs to suit any construction.
- Uses a special adhesive which is stronger than cement based mortar.
- The industry's strongest load bearing brick system.
- Unique interlocking key ensures straight walls.
- No perp joint required.
- Only requires a 1mm adhesive bed.
- Comprehensive technical assistance available.
- Austral provides a complete range of building accessories.
- Compliments standard brickwork.
The Austral advantage...
Austral gives you the complete building system with newly developed adhesives, tiles and lintels.
- Available in single, one and a half, double and triple heights.
- Is available in 90, 110 and 150 mm wall thickness.
- Has a masonry wall strength (f'm) of > 10 MPa.
- Precision diamond ground surface to a tolerance of + 0.2mm.
- Improves on site quality and consistency.
- Less mess and wastage.
- Tested by BRANZ, the CSIRO and the National Acoustics Laboratory.
- Austral educational Slick Brick laying seminars.
- On site training available.
All products manufactured by Austral Bricks Pty Ltd are classified in terms of their Durability Rating. Put simply, durability is the resistance of the brick to attack by soluble salts. Not every brick is suitable for every requirement and therefore bricks must be classified to determine their degree of resistance and their most appropriate use. According to Australian Standard 1225, bricks fall under the following durability classifications.
Classifications:
- Internal - suitable for use in an internal wall above a sheet or membrane damp, proof course.
- Above Damp Proof Course - Suitable for use in an external wall only above a sheet or membrane damp, proof course and below an adequate coping, roof or similar top covering.
- General Purpose - Suitable for use in an external wall under ordinary exposure conditions.
- Exposure Grade -
Suitable for
use in external walls exposed to saline environments such as:
- On walls where there is possible exposure to salts in the soil or ground water.
- On sea fronts where walls are exposed to attack from windborne salt spray.
- In retaining walls.
Note: Exposure grade bricks may not be suitable for use in areas
subject to cyclic freezing and thawing.
Fire resistance levels are specified in the Building Code of Australia. This system supersedes the old fire ratings and provides an accurate method of predicting the ability of a wall to maintain strength in a fire and to resist it's spread. The fire resistance level of a wall depends not only on the thickness of the wall but also on it's height, length and how the top, bottom and ends of the wall are connected to the other building elements. For this reason it is impossible to give an FRL for a particular brick - it will always depend on the details of the wall built with a particular brick. A typical fire resistance level for a wall would be 'FRL 90/90/90', that is 90 minutes each for each of the three FRL components.
Structural Adequacy:
The ability of a wall to continue to perform its structural function.
Integrity:
The ability of a wall to continue to prevent the passage of flames and hot gases.
Insulation:
The ability of a wall to provide sufficient insulation such as that the side of the wall away from the fire does not exceed a predefined rise in temperature. The CBPI publication, Design Manual 5, Fire Resistance, Levels for Clay Brick Walls, fully explains the system and allows designers to 'assemble' a fire resistance level by referring to several tables and taking a direct reading from the appropriate chart.