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BRICK. Advantages . Disadvantages. Origins. Fire and weather resisting qualities. Easy production, transportation and laying. The size of bricks is limited by the need for efficient drying, firing, and handling.
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BRICK Advantages Disadvantages Origins • Fire and weather resisting qualities. • Easy production, transportation and laying. • The size of bricks is limited by the need for efficient drying, firing, and handling • Regular bricks are bonded either as headers (short side out) or stretchers (long side out). • 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 • Brick which has been used since the 4th millennium BC, was the chief building material in the ancient Near East. • The versatility of the medium was expanded in ancient Rome