The building material clay
Water-soluble binding
Clay building materials are water-bound, so they are also water-soluble. Even after decades, they can be reused or reshaped without any loss of value. This recovery potential is unique and a unique selling point compared to almost all other building materials. ClayTec clay building materials enable construction without waste; they are ideal “cradle-to-cradle” products, or “C2C” for short. With clay, perfect circularity is possible like with hardly any other building material.
The building material clay
Open recycling target
A clay building material can not only be reused 1:1, it can also be converted into another clay building material. This so-called “cross-compatibility” is unique. For example, you can make a “lean” clay mortar by adding sand or recycled grains to “fat” clay obtained from a clay block. A mortar obtained by adding fat clay can be the basic material for a clay building board. If clay building materials are recovered dry, you even have a premix for dry mortar.
The building material clay
Pure separation
As a plaster mortar, clay can be removed without leaving any residue; with clay adhesive, pure water is sufficient to separate connected materials from each other again. The possibility of creating detachable connections is particularly useful for other building materials, which can thus unfold their circular potential: Bricks laid with clay mortar can be reused, bricks laid with cement mortar cannot. The separability of clay materials extends deep into the material matrix: even the sand can be removed after decades of use and reused in a new and different way.
