There are many advantages when bricks are used as part of the construction.
- Aesthetic: Bricks offer natural and a variety of colors, including various textures.
- Strength: Bricks offer excellent high compressive strength.
- Porosity: The ability to release and absorb moisture is one of the most important and useful properties of bricks, regulating temperatures and humidity inside structures.
- Fire protection: When prepared properly, a brick structure can give a fire protection maximum rating of 6 hours.
- Sound attenuation: The brick sound insulation is normally 45 decibels for a 4.5 inches brick thickness and 50 decibels for a 9-inch thick brick.
- Insulation: Bricks can exhibit above normal thermal insulation when compared to other building materials. Bricks can help regulate and maintain constant interior temperatures of a structure due to their ability to absorb and slowly release heat. In this way, bricks can produce significant energy savings—more than 30 percent when compared to wood construction.
- Wear-resistance: A brick is so strong that its composition provides excellent wear resistance when compared to wood.