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What are they made of?
The first bricks were made of sun dried blocks of mud, now bricks are made of a kind of clay

What are they used for?
They are used in construction for structural purposes

How many types of brick are there?
The most common types of bricks are: Common Burnt Clay Bricks Sand Lime Bricks Concrete Bricks Fly ash Clay Bricks Fire Clay Bricks

What is the meaning of brick laying techniques?
Brick laying techniques are those that determine how to place the bricks in a construction. Usually placing a layer of bricks on top of another and using mortar to join them.

What are their advantages and disadvantages?
Advantages: can be molded into specific shapes, resistance, durability, natural Disadvantages: high costs, weight,

What construction material would you use to build your own house? Why?
I would build my own house with conventional structure foundations, concrete columns and hollow bricks instead of conventional bricks. Or I would consider using expanded polystyrene blocks, because it is a faster and cheaper way to build a house.

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Brick & mortar:
buildings; the expenditure of money on buildings rather than something else

To waste one's time trying hard to accomplish something that is completely hopeless. You're just beating your head against the wall.
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Come down on somebody like a ton of bricks:
punish someone severely; be furious with someone, and turn one’s full anger on them; like a great weight or burden.

Drop a brick:
To make a clumsy social error or to make a tactless or indiscreet remark