This study looks into alternative and affordable building materials for construction of low-cost houses particularly for the low-income public servants. Cement-bounded stabilized earth bricks were made from 5% wood shavings and 5% cement stabilizer by weight. These were thoroughly mixed together in order to avoid the formation of wood shavings/cement stabilizer lumps. The mixture was manually poured inside wooden formworks measuring 240mm x150mm x 100mm. After 28 days of casting, the compressive strength, abrasion and the water absorption of the earth bricks were examined with the aim of determining their effects on the strength properties and dimensional stability. The study revealed average compressive strength of 2.9N/mm2, abrasion action of 2.6mm depth and water absorption of 16.1% respectively. The study proposed that the cement-bonded wood shavings stabilized-earth bricks can be used in construction of core houses for the low-income public servants in Nigeria
PAPER TITLE :CHARACTERIZATION OF INORGANIC-BONDED AND WOOD SHAVINGS EARTH BRICKS IN CORE HOUSING DELIVERY IN NIGE
JOURNAL Of SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY | VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 2011
Paper Details
- Author(s) : AJAYI, B. and TAIWO, A.A
- Abstract:
