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How long is the service life of fired red bricks?

The life of red bricks is generally 70 years.

Advantages and disadvantages of red brick: red brick is easy to absorb water when used, and brick wall is well combined with cement mortar; However, it is very important that red bricks are fired with clay. The state does not advocate the use of red bricks. Now most cities have banned red bricks from entering the construction site and gradually eliminated them. Because red bricks will destroy cultivated land, burning red bricks will destroy cultivated land and consume coal.

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But now many places have banned the use of red bricks, because red bricks are fired with clay, while hollow bricks are generally made of slag or other processing. From the perspective of saving land resources. Hollow bricks are generally used for frame structures, and red bricks are generally used for brick-concrete structures.

Red bricks are mainly cheap. But not environmentally friendly. Compared with hollow brick, hollow brick does not bear load, while red brick bears load. But now many places have banned the use of red bricks, because red bricks are fired with clay, while hollow bricks are generally processed with slag or other * * *. From the perspective of saving land resources.