Building Materials

Question 1

What are the four basic categories of building materials

Answer 1

Natural
Worked Natural
Processed Natural
Man Made

Question 2

What are natural materials?

Answer 2

Natural materials are those which have little or no processing and found nature

Question 3

What is rammed earth

Answer 3

In building whole walls, two wooden planks separated by a space bolt are used as a form, and the earth is rammed into this in layers; when the form is filled, it is removed and superimposed on the top of the wall and more earth is rammed in until the desired height is reached.

Question 4

What are adobe bricks?

Answer 4

Heavy clay soil used to make sun dried bricks

Question 5

What are worked natural materials

Answer 5

materials extensively used in their natural state. They have been worked to make them more flexible or economical for the use in the current construction process

Question 6

What are the phases used in the manufacture of bricks

Answer 6

Securing the clay, mixing and forming, drying, firing and cooling.

Question 7

What are processed natural materials

Answer 7

These materials change natural materials to make them more flexible and economical but with the addition of an agent such as chemical or high energy

Question 8

What are Man Made materials

Answer 8

Materials which have no semi natural content such as plastics very limited during construction process