BRICKS


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What are they made of?

It is a ceramic piece done with a clayey pasta cooked and dried to high temperatures

What are they used for?

They are in use in the masonry for constructing

How many types of brick are there?

Seven; perforated Brick, massive Brick, tejar or manual, aplantillado, hollow, caravista, refractory
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What is the meaning of brick laying techniques?

I don’t know about brick laying techniques

Describe 2 brick laying techniques

I don’t know about brick laying techniques

What are their advantages and disadvantages?

Advantage: material easier to handle. Since it is done of mud, it becomes easy to cut it or to give him especially form. The mixture that joins the bricks is a mud.
Disadvantage: the transport Is costly and fragile in the movement.


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"What construction material would you use to build your own house? Why?

I would construct my house combining different materials.
His structure done in iron, with a comfortable interior space and an external space adapted to the nature.
The interior space would be of wood floor, wood doors, walls of bricks and concrete.
The exterior space would be done of stone that is a resistant and lasting material.
Both spaces would have railings, windows and other elements done with steel to unify styles and to create a modern house.
Concluding I want to combine in perfect measures wood, brick, stone and steel to do of my house a comfortable, beautiful and exotic place.




Virginia Building Bricks

large_brick_building.jpgIt is located in Virginia, USA. It is a vertical building composed by two bodies higher than other one. It has six floors.
His structure was done of reinforced concrete and bricks. It has four big columns that support the whole weight of I build.
It has more than thirty elongated windows, his frames are white and the glass is transparent.
The front is redressed in decorative bricks that give him warmth to the building and is finished off by made ornaments of concrete.
His roof is two waters covered with asphalt and decorative material.
It is an impressive building that fuses different types of bricks inviting to discover his interior.



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