Brick foundation can only be performed in a dry type of soil. Not any brick is suitable for building the foundation. Also, for the construction you will need a sandy arrangement. The device of the sand base is made when there is a need to lay a gravel or crushed stone layer on an additional drainage substrate. Given that the influence of moisture in the ground can destroy brickwork, then its selection will become almost the most important stage in the performance of work. The best option for performing the foundation will be a full -colored red clay brick. The brick must be burned.
Such a brick tolerates the effects of moisture and soil pressure. However, it is worth remembering that no matter what high -quality and suitable brick is, it necessarily requires the organization of reliable waterproofing. To lay out the foundation, you cannot use silicate brick and incomplete. Such bricks are very quickly collapsed underground, which will lead to negative consequences, and they will affect the whole building up to the point that accommodation will become dangerous in it. A brick foundation cannot be erected in wet soil.
The laying of the foundation must be carried out by observing all the rules of standard brickwork. This means that the masonry should be ligated, and the seams need to be completely filled with the solution. Above the ground level, the foundation is laid without filling vertical seams.
