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• Jun 06, 2014

  Keep face brickwork looking sharp with Efflock

  DIRTY BRICKS!!'Bowral Blue' face bricks cost $2.50 each or around $225.00 per square metre installed. Unfortunately, because mortar is ordinarily porous, it holds moisture and dirt - perfect for algae and moss to flourish. Just observe 1-2 year old buildings next time you're out driving to see what we mean. For only $3/m2 Efflock repels water, keeping mortar sharp, clean and efflorescence free.    For further protection, remember Efflock can also be used as a surface applied sealer to bricks! See our Product Data Sheet on our FAQs page for details!

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• Mar 05, 2014

  Salinity in Australia - a big problem that builders need to consider.

  The Master Builders Association meeting held in Maitland last week had a very entertaining and informative guest speaker from the NSW Department of Primary Industries. The topic was urban salinity. Salt from the soil can have a very destructive and catastrophic effect on masonry in buildings. Salt is drawn up into masonry with rising damp, and over many years with wet and dry cycles, more and more salt is deposited into the point of evaporation, typically in brickwork or stonework below damp proof course [DPC] level. The pressure exerted by crystallising salt can exceed 200MPa, whilst the tensile resistant strength...

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• Jan 20, 2014

  Rising Damp and Salt Attack - free PDF

  We have recommended this publication on our blog previously: Salt Attack and Rising Damp - A Guide to Salt Damp in Historic and Older Buildings. Salt attack is as destructive to masonry as termites are to timber, and is prone to occur on any building site in Australia due to our soils and extreme weather patterns. As salt is dissolved by water and absorbed by masonry, the water evaporates, leaving behind more and more salt with each wet cycle. Salt crystallises to expand at extraordinary pressure   (> 200MPa) to easily turn stone, bricks and mortar to dust. As outlined...

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• Oct 22, 2013

  Brick Mart now stocking Efflock

  Brick Mart in Brookvale (Northern Beaches in Sydney) are the latest building supplies store to carry Efflock. Brick Mart is a most impressive one stop shop for all bricklaying tools and supplies. Brick Mart carry everything from a full range of bricks, to scaffolding, tools, sand and cement. Efflock was recommended to Brick Mart by the boys at TMT Building, who are currently working together on a multi-unit development in Manly, on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. TMT Building was one of the first building companies to use Efflock, and now include Efflock in all their building specification from bathrooms...

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