Brick

Bricks are made of ceramic; the process of their construction is pressing clay into block and then is taken into a special oven to fire it so it gets hard. The use that is given to bricks is for construction to build something like walls, buildings, houses, viaducts, etc. There isn’t a number for the types of brick they can be, however we can say that they are made for specific use like the building brick which is the most common, there is also the face brick, the fire brick, the core brick and so on.
 * __ BRICK __**
 * What are they made of? **
 * What are they used for? **
 * How many types of brick are there? **
 * Describe 2 brick laying techniques

** __ Overlapping __ : Embedding metal ties in connecting joints. __ Stretcher __ : Laying the bricks lengthwise in the wall, by horizontal layers; every second layer will be laid out of phase. Advantages: · They are strong. · Cheap. · Easily painted. · Easy to transport. · Easy to handle. Disadvantages: · It’s heavy. · The shape is always the same. · The size is not always something good.
 * What are their advantages and disadvantages? **