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Building Materials
And their properties.
Traditional building materials
• Stone • Brick• Timber• Slate• Lead• Mud!• Plaster (gypsum)
Modern building materials
• Steel • Concrete• Glass• UPVC (plastic)• Glass fibre
Natural materialsdug out of ground /cut/ and then used
• Sand• Gravel• Stone• Slate• Timber• Mud! (rammed earth walls, earth sheltered)• Straw (straw bale houses)• Rushes (for thatched roof)
Processed materialsraw materials have been changed by heat/chemical reactions etc.
• Bricks• Concrete• Clay Tiles• Ceramic Tiles• Steel• Lead• Glass
Manufactured materialsthese materials have been made from combining other materials and several
processes.
• Plywood• Chipboard• Plasterboard• Structural insulated panels(SIPs)• UPVC• DPC membrane (plastic)
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