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)