Brick

=﻿Brick = What are they made of? What are they used for? How many types of brick are there? What is the meaning of brick laying techniques? Describe 2 brick laying techniques What are their advantages and disadvantages?

====Brick is a constructive material usually used for making walls made of clay and some minerals subject to a cooking. There are so many types of brick like the p erforated brick, the solid brick, the manual brick, the hollow brick, brickwork or the firebrick. ====

 There are some differents bricklaying techniques:

 * ==== Overlapping (interlocking) the masonry units. Embedding metal ties in connecting joints. Using grout to adhere adjacent wythes of masonry. Mortar bond refers to the adhesion of the joint mortar to the masonry units or to the reinforcing steel. ====
 *  The running bond is the simplest of the six patterns, consisting of all stretchers. Because the bond has no headers, metal ties usually form the structural bond. The running bond is used largely in cavity wall construction, brick veneer walls, and facing tile walls made with extra wide stretcher tile.





Find out the meaning of the expressions below, and write your explanation on your wiki. Illustrations will be appreciated! • Brick upon brick. This expression indicate that you are trying to do something really difficult and you do it step by step.

• Brick & mortar. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This expression refers to two things that come so good together.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">• Be /come up against a brick wall. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This expression refers to a difficult or impossible thing to do. <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">• Come down on somebody like a ton of bricks. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This expression indicate that something comes like a surprise. <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">• Drop a brick. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This expression its like you did something that you didn't want to.