Brick country the Netherlands has a long tradition of making lasting, warm and healthy brick buildings in all kinds of architectural styles. Alas, this particular structure would not get a building permit over there, but it might serve well in warmer climates. I've listed some Dutch concerns: When building a traditional brick wall, a cavity wall is mandatory. Typically you'd get something like outside | 10 cm (4 inches) wide brick | 4 cm cavity | 10 cm insulation | 10 cm brick | inside. The outside brick layer acts as a raincoat. The cavity is so small in order to prevent circulation of air, and that way the air acts as a great insulator. Moisture goes out like "breathing" through the bricks. The granite lintels are a massive thermal bridge, as they conduct warmth much better than concrete (and bricks), even more when wet. When the windows are properly isolated, these lintels are the first places where the temperature drops enough to cause condensation on the inner wall, which leads to mould problems. Modern bricks might be ok, but If the quality of bricks is not right, they´d absorb water and slowly freeze to pieces. To prevent this, traditionally the Dutch used a trasraam plinth: A waterproof bottom part of the wall. So if it rains, water won't be sponged up through the soil, or splash into the wall after hitting the ground. The brick bow above the entrance door is vulnerable, it might benefit from either some slates, or a larger overhang of the main roof. It is funny that architect Clay calls the white crystals on the walls beautiful. If you wash them off, and they keep coming back, it might be "muurkanker". This "wall cancer" is caused by moisture being soaked up by the wall. When evaporating it leaves crystals which make the wall crumble. The fireplaces & chimneys used in this building are out of date, desolate show pieces. They are excellent when you have heaps of wood to heat up the outside air, but inferiour to the latest versions of rocket mass heaters with malm/mud/clay benches, that keep the warmth inside instead of venting it out immediately. Bricks are a beautiful and fascinating building material. With some modern knowledge from overseas you could make the whole USA definately lay more bricks!
@@tubulartuberbe me. Lol. It only fails when the wrong materials are used. Sitting in a lovely shaker-built 3wthe on a 10 degree day. I’m not even running the boiler but at night. Summer rules too, because it’s designed to be naturally aspirating with no a/c if you’re not American wimp these houses build the best people.
It's been 9 years and that song used in the clip is still absolutely beautiful.
It’s been 10 years and his lean mortar from bags is permanently wetting the building fabric. If only you had used hot mixed mortars clay
Amazing
Damn he was so close to perfection, but the bag mix…. That mortar just looks like wet sand on the trowel. No plasticity, no steam coming off
If it don’t make that steam it ain’t the real thing
When are we going to have heated N cooled brick ....u know like the climate zone pergo....but for brick. O wait brick already does that naturally.
de la précision a tout les étages un savoir faire de c'est personnes quel beau travail 10 sur 10 . merci pour la vidéo
how does this approach work in cold climates?
Brick country the Netherlands has a long tradition of making lasting, warm and healthy brick buildings in all kinds of architectural styles. Alas, this particular structure would not get a building permit over there, but it might serve well in warmer climates. I've listed some Dutch concerns:
When building a traditional brick wall, a cavity wall is mandatory. Typically you'd get something like outside | 10 cm (4 inches) wide brick | 4 cm cavity | 10 cm insulation | 10 cm brick | inside. The outside brick layer acts as a raincoat. The cavity is so small in order to prevent circulation of air, and that way the air acts as a great insulator. Moisture goes out like "breathing" through the bricks.
The granite lintels are a massive thermal bridge, as they conduct warmth much better than concrete (and bricks), even more when wet. When the windows are properly isolated, these lintels are the first places where the temperature drops enough to cause condensation on the inner wall, which leads to mould problems.
Modern bricks might be ok, but If the quality of bricks is not right, they´d absorb water and slowly freeze to pieces. To prevent this, traditionally the Dutch used a trasraam plinth: A waterproof bottom part of the wall. So if it rains, water won't be sponged up through the soil, or splash into the wall after hitting the ground. The brick bow above the entrance door is vulnerable, it might benefit from either some slates, or a larger overhang of the main roof.
It is funny that architect Clay calls the white crystals on the walls beautiful. If you wash them off, and they keep coming back, it might be "muurkanker". This "wall cancer" is caused by moisture being soaked up by the wall. When evaporating it leaves crystals which make the wall crumble.
The fireplaces & chimneys used in this building are out of date, desolate show pieces. They are excellent when you have heaps of wood to heat up the outside air, but inferiour to the latest versions of rocket mass heaters with malm/mud/clay benches, that keep the warmth inside instead of venting it out immediately.
Bricks are a beautiful and fascinating building material. With some modern knowledge from overseas you could make the whole USA definately lay more bricks!
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@@tubulartuberbe me. Lol. It only fails when the wrong materials are used. Sitting in a lovely shaker-built 3wthe on a 10 degree day. I’m not even running the boiler but at night.
Summer rules too, because it’s designed to be naturally aspirating with no a/c if you’re not American wimp these houses build the best people.
k @@KurtisHord
didnt you get banned from reddit
Beautiful work, Clay.
Brilliant...Clay you are an American Treasure.
Articulate, educated, handsome and a true artisan. Is there anything he cannot do?
Masonry apprenticeship?
lol how did that work out? Are you on a lake in Oklahoma