exist as non standard bricks. Low rise buildings and rural houses in Indonesia are often
constructed with non-standard bricks. The paper discusses strength-time relation of unfired
bricks reinforced with and without natural fibers. Untreated and treated coconut fibers with
three different lengths (1 cm, 2.5 cm and 4 cm) were prepared for bricks reinforcements. The
effects of 4% non-uniform fiber addition, which constitutes 1/3 part each of 1 cm, 2.5 cm and …