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Mud Brick Construction

£395.00

This course is excellent and very practical for mud brick building, with hands-on work for experimenting with and planning ongoing projects. Learn to test soil suitability, how to make a quality brick & test its strength. Go step by step through the building process, plan a building, sort out permits and other legalities, site works & foundations, construction techniques, laying bricks, frames & roofs, installing services, wall finishes and more.

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Develop an understanding of building with mud, primarily mud bricks.

E-Learning Structure

The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 10 in-depth lessons:

  1. Scope of Mud Brick – Covers history and types of earth building and construction. Also involves analysis of your soil with respect to suitability for mud bricks.
  2. How to make a mud brick – You will get to make a mud brick mould; test your soil, classify it, and check it for ability to withstand compression. You will also be expected to assess other soil types and their suitability for mud bricks.
  3. Planning and Site Works – Selecting a home site, designing a house to maximise energy efficiency. Introduction to building biology (ie. healthy buildings).
  4. Legal Considerations – Permits, specifications etc
  5. Foundations – Strip foundations, slabs, earth floors.
  6. Laying Bricks – Step by step procedure, strengthening/reinforcing walls, load bearing compared with non load bearing walls, rendering finished surfaces.
  7. Doors, Windows, and Roofs – Roofing methods, fixing doors & windows, general fixing, joinery, plugs etc.
  8. Finishes – Alternative wall and floor finishes.
  9. Services – Electricity, gas, water etc. Designing & costing a small building (eg. store or workshop).
  10. Other types of Earth Building – Wattle & daub, rammed earth, cob.

Course Aims

  • Discuss the nature and scope of Mud Brick construction
  • Identify the legal considerations which need to be met when building in mud.
  • Determine the requirement for foundations for a mud construction.
  • Determine options for building doors, windows and roofs into a mud building
  • Analyze options for coating or finishing the surface of a mud wall or other mud construction.
  • Compare options for providing water, electricity or any other required services in a mud building.
  • Describe a variety of mud construction techniques other than mud brick.

How Does A Warnborough Online Course Work?

You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.

If you have any questions please contact us.

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