Floor Bricklaying
Floor bricklaying refers to the process of arranging bricks to create durable and visually appealing surfaces for floors. This technique has been widely used in traditional and modern architecture due to its strength, practicality, and aesthetic appeal. Proper bricklaying for floors requires careful alignment and spacing to ensure stability, as well as the application of suitable mortar to secure the bricks in place.
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In addition to its use in the structural framework of buildings, arches, vaults, and facades, bricks have been widely used for flooring throughout history. Even before the advent of Islam, bricks were commonly employed to cover large surfaces inside and outside buildings. After the Islamic period, bricks were extensively used in places like Gorgan, where they were even applied for paving the floors of city streets on a large scale. Throughout many historical periods, brick-paved floors were often constructed using large, square, flat bricks.
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The method of brickwork on stairs is referred to as “Hereh Chini” (a traditional Persian term for stair bricklaying).In Gorgan, archaeological excavations uncovered a 10-meter-wide street running along a north-south axis, dating back to the Seljuk and Samanid periods, which was entirely paved with bricks.
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The dimensions of bricks used for flooring are generally 4×20×20 centimeters.When constructing a brick wall, if a portion of the wall is built in one day and the continuation of the work is postponed to the next day, it is important not to leave the completed section as a straight vertical line. Over time, this can cause the wall to develop cracks at that point.To prevent such cracking, the end of the constructed section should be left in a zigzag pattern or overlapping joint (known as “Hasht-o-Gir” or “Lariz” in Persian), so that the work can seamlessly continue from that point the next day.
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