Is it possible to build a house only from clinker (bricks)?

ok thanks for your answers. May I ask, so can you only build a house out of bricks or not? I have heard that many use aerated concrete, but couldn’t you just use bricks instead of aerated concrete, or did I misunderstand?

The problem is that plain bricks or clinker bricks do not have any thermal insulation properties.

Can buildings generally be made entirely from clinker bricks. But it is completely pointless, as it is uneconomical. That is why no one does it. And by that I really mean no one.

400cm thick solid klinker then has a U value of 0.231. Then it also works with the [Energieeinsparverordnung]

But it is completely pointless, as it is uneconomical. That’s why no one does it. And by that I really mean no one.

We have an old building that consists 100% of brick walls. The house was built about 100 years ago. At that time, there was no energy saving ordinance. The walls are 65cm (!) thick and do not meet today’s energy saving ordinance requirements. The bricks are simply too poorly insulated. To make it look like a clinker brick house, there are various offers from manufacturers. Durability should also not be a problem.

A 400cm thick solid clinker brick then has a U-value of 0.231. Then it will also comply with the energy saving ordinance.

I don’t know how you calculate that. We also went through all that because we considered using the building for apartments. But it was confirmed to us by the structural engineer that the 65cm walls are not sufficient for a conversion to meet the energy saving ordinance.

We have an old building that consists 100% of brick walls. The house was built about 100 years ago. Back then, there was no energy saving regulation yet. The walls are 65cm (!) thick and do not meet the current requirements of the energy saving regulation.

Then you just have to build even thicker. That's what I meant by uneconomical

Don't know how you calculate that. We went through all that because we were considering using the building for apartments. But it was confirmed to us by the structural engineer that the 65cm walls are not sufficient for a change of use according to the Energy Saving Ordinance.

That can be calculated if the lambda value and material thickness are known. Lazy people use u-wert.net

New construction with solid clinker brick is of course nonsense and not approval-capable, or clinker as a second outer layer is possible. But not monolithic. It can look different in existing buildings.

Have you considered the option of internal insulation?