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Building materials are products that are designed to construct buildings, houses and other structures. These are used in huge quantities such that they are typically designed to be economical, functional and standardized. Building materials include natural products such as wood, traditional products such as brick, chemical products such as varnish and engineered products such as fiber-reinforced plastic panels. The following are common examples of building materials.
Aluminum | Asphalt / Asphalt Shingles | Bamboo | Basalt | Brass | Brick veneer | Bricks | Carpet | Cement | Ceramic fiber insulation | Ceramic tiles | Clay tiles | Concrete / cement | Concrete blocks | Copper | Cork | Cross-laminated timber | Engineered siding | Engineered wood | Fiber cement siding | Fiberglass insulation | Foam board insulation | Galvanized steel | Glass | Glass blocks | Glass tiles | Glues | Granite | Gravel | Grout | Gypsum board / drywall | Hardwood | Iron | Plastic, PVC & vinyl | Iron pipes & fittings | Laminated glass | Laminated veneer lumber | Limestone | Lumber / dimensional lumber | Manufactured stone | Marble | Metal roofing | Mirrors | Mortar | Natural fiber insulation | Natural stone | Oriented strand board | Paint | Plaster | Plywood | Polycarbonate | Porcelain tiles | Pressure-treated wood | Rebar | Reflective insulation | Sand | Sheet metal | Slate | Stainless steel | Steel | Steel / structural steel | Stone | Stone veneer | Stucco | Tempered glass | Terra cotta | Timber | Varnish | Wood | Wood paneling | Wood shingles & shakes | Wrought iron | Cast iron | Paper / wallpaper |
Building materials can also be sorted into basic types such as wood, metal, stone and glass products.Next: Types of Building Materials
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