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Have you been to Indonesia?✈️ 🧱This bricks looks different. Last year, while exploring the enchanting streets of Ubud, Bali, I stumbled upon a local construction site amidst my cafe hopping adventures. I am a big fan of exposed bricks😍, so I quickly went by to the construction site🏗️, but the workers👷🏼♂️ could not talk in english so I could not get much information about it. 💻After some research, I found out some technical info on balipod.com⬇️ “The bricks in question are the most expensive ones as they have the highest grade of red clay in them - the clay earth is run through a sieve process and only the finest dust is used in the “temple” bricks. This unfortunately makes them fairly soft and therefore only really good for decorative processes. I have used them here only to clad the reinforced concrete pillars in the house. Most builder🏗️ here on Bali are able to make a good job out of the building with these bricks and the process is fairly simple but involved. 📌The bricks are first rubbed together to achieve a flat outer surface on both bricks and then a screed (thin concrete water compound) is made using the water from the rubbing process (red) to “glue” the bricks together. After they are allowed to set the workers then use more brick to again “sand” down the outer surface to get it nice and even and straight." 🗨️If anyone from Indonesia knows about its composition, please drop a comment.

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