In a message dated 12/2/2006 7:21:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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So, is glazed brick as it is presently made any "better" than the
infamous glazed brick of the 1960s?
New glazed brick may be better, but as a man who looks
wise in retrospect once said, trust but verify.
One has to check the manufacturer's test reports to find out
whether the brick (any brick, but glazed in particular) has a coefficient of
saturation not greater than .75, and an initial rate of absorption between 10-20
gm/min/30 sq. in.
Brick with test results which aren't within those ranges are
unlikely to be durable in the NY climate, primarily because the brick soak up
too much water, and in the winter the water freezes and there goes the glazed
face. That's typically what happened with 60's glazed brick, as I
remember.
Ralph
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