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Kolat Bricks are attractive, hydraulically compressed, interlocking clay bricks, made from local materials, that are dry stacked in the construction of a wide range of building projects.
Our bricks are highly versatile and are designed to be left natural.
They are however also suitable for a wide variety of finishes, including painting, or varnishing, or the application of a fine cement slurry, or can be plastered if required. The choice is yours...
KOLAT IS FASTER
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Dry-Stacking system results in much quicker construction.
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1 labourer can lay 800 bricks per day (equivalent to 2400 standard clay bricks).
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1 Kolat brick = 3.5 conventional clay fired bricks.
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8 x Kolat Bricks can be laid in the time it takes to lay 1 sandcrete block.
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Kolat Bricks are much lighter than conventional blocks.
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Easy to use – dry stacking can be done by unskilled labour and eliminates the time making, transporting and spreading mortar.
KOLAT IS STRONGER
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Higher impact strength than typical concrete blocks.
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Kolat Bricks typically have a strength of 7 to 11Mpa.
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Are suitable for use in areas subject to seismic activity.
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Interlocking system eliminates the risk of loss of stability as mortar weakens.
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75% of the walls are dry stacked thus retaining strength.
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Kolat adopt the proven Hydraform construction system which has been used in Africa for over 30 years.
KOLAT IS MORE EFFICIENT
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3 x more efficient than standard bricks in terms of thermal insulation (keeping cold out/warmth in).
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Much more environmentally friendly (doesn’t require burning wood to fire/uses less cement/uses materials on site thus less transport).
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Bricks are self aligning due to design.
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Can be produced with low water absorption properties for use in wet or damp applications.
KOLAT IS CHEAPER
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Less Mortar required (75% dry stacked).
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Less cement needed (50% less than standard concrete blocks).
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Unskilled labour can be used for laying bricks.
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Bricks can be produced on site (reduced transport costs).
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98% of bricks are available for reuse should redesign or reconfiguration be required at any time.
