Brick

**What are bricks made of?** Bricks may be made from clay, shale, soft slate, calcium silicate, concrete, or shaped from quarried stone. Bricks are used for building and pavement. Bricks are also used in the metallurgy and glass industries for lining furnaces. 6 types: Face bricks, Clinker bricks, Press bricks, Glazed bricks, Firebrick and Cored brick. Bricklaying is a trade that specialises in building and repairing walls, floors, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, as well as other structures with brick or concrete block. A bricklayer may use their skills for residential or large commercial development projects. Additionally, bricklayers may also refurbish brickwork on restoration projects. **Describe 2 brick laying techniques** __Stretcher Bond __ is the easiest bond to lay and minimises the amount og cutting required. It can be used for single skin walls quite easily. When used as a double skin wall, the two skins are locked together across the collar joint by means of wall ties. 
 * What are bricks used for?**
 * How many types of brick are there?**
 * What is the meaning of //brick laying techniques//?**

__The English Bond __ is a traditional bond dating back hundreds of years and features alternating courses of stretchers and headers. This is one of the strongest brickwork bond patterns. **What are their advantages?** -Brick is far more beautiful. -Brick is almost maintenance free. -Brick cost isn’t too expensive. -Brick offers proven reliability that passes the test of time in any climate. -Brick costs about the same as wood siding, and the same or less than synthetic stucco.

The construction process of bricks is slower and heavier due to the condition to be placed brick by brick, which could be with other materials like metal structure or pre-manufactured materials. 
 * What are their disadvantages?**

In my opinion, the brick is a very suitable material for construction because it is an element, although it has been used since thousands of years back, modernity may bring, and it can be adapted to different contexts. Due to its easy handling, production and transportation, it is one of the most versatile on the market. In public spaces, the brick is a material that invites people to be in that area with total comfort, due to their strength and freshness. I think the brick is one of the best options for a construction.

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**Worksheet 2 ** a. Comparison and contrast “Brick __compares__ favorably with stone as a structural material for its fire-and-weather resisting qualities and for the ease of production, transportation, and laying.” <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Description “The unit __is__ too small, too light, and too irregular to be stabilized by weight.”

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">“Regular bricks __are__ bonded either as headers (short side out) or stretchers (long side out).” <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Exemplification <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">“…(__for example__, wedge-shaped bricks are sometimes employed in arch construction and bricks with rounded faces in columns).” <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> d.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Cause/Effect “Brick compares favorably with stone as a structural material __for__ its fire-and-weather resisting qualities and __for__ the ease of production, transportation, and laying.” “Bricks may be used in construction only in conjunction with mortar, __since__ the unit is too small, too light, and too irregular to be stabilized by weight.”

<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">e.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Chronology “Brick which has been used __since the 4 th millennium BC__, was the chief building material in the ancient Near East.” “It is widely used __in the 20 th Century__, often for nonbearing walls in steel frame constructions.”