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A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured construction blocks. Bricks can be joined using mortar, adhesives or by interlocking them. Bricks are produced in numerous classes, types, materials, and sizes which vary with region and time period, and are produced in bulk quantities.
Block is a similar term referring to a rectangular building unit composed of similar materials, but is usually larger than a brick. Lightweight bricks (also called lightweight blocks) are made from expanded clay aggregate.
Fired bricks are one of the longest-lasting and strongest building materials, sometimes referred to as artificial stone, and have been used since circa 4000 BC. Air-dried bricks, also known as mudbricks, have a history older than fired bricks, and have an additional ingredient of a mechanical binder such as straw.
Bricks are laid in courses and numerous patterns known as bonds, collectively known as brickwork, and may be laid in various kinds of mortar to hold the bricks together to make a durable structure.

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  2. O

    Wall hung toilet in brick work with rear soil pipe

    Hi, First post (be gentle!) I joined looking for advice and hope someone can help! I’m looking to get a wall hung toilet but have a couple of issuers. The wall is breeze block (3 inch thick) then a cavity before the external wall. The cavity is about 4-6 inches in size from what I can tell...
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  3. G

    exposed cast iron pipe in brick wall

    Hi all Discovered a sewage pipe in the back wall of the bathroom, in between the bricks. Not sure if this is normal, if not the explanation lies in the two words 'glasgow' and 'tenement'. It seems fine, I am boarding over that wall so I can just leave it, but would it be a good idea to fill it...
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  4. C

    CH Boiler on single brick wall?

    I'm going to need a new boiler before too long, it's been in there for a while and really showing it's age. My current boiler is 55k BTu and does only the central heating. (I also have a multipoint boiler that does my hot water. I KNOW I could have a combi, but I like it this way). The CH...
  5. R

    New Boiler install - holes left in brick work?

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  6. Stanios

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  7. tyrrellclark

    Ss plate exchangers

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  8. M

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    New boiler fitted, part of the install was to brick up the old flue, prior to the job starting the plumber asked; 'Do you have matching bricks for the hole that will be left, or he can bring his own but they won't match the colour of your house bricks' My reply - 'Bring bricks anyhow, but...
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    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  9. E

    flue liner in plasterboard boxing

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  10. S

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  11. S

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  12. P

    Moving down laundry water valves in brick wall

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  13. cr0ft

    Talking to a brick wall?

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  14. L

    Please help!

    I am going to replace my boiler (located in the kitchen) with a combi and fit it in the hot water cylinder cupboard in my bathroom (upstairs). I will have to run the pipework down the back brick wall in my kitchen. Can i then box this entire wall in (~3.5m width) in a stud wall type fashion (so...
  15. M

    fastening threaded rod to brick work

    Evening all. I need to do the above. Now I have looked online at lots of different anchors but none that seem to be good for brick work. Drop in anchors are only good for concrete apparently. I am just needing to fit a few pipes and a flue so not really that much load on it. What about these...
  16. M

    Boiler flue tips

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  17. E

    Fire brick mortar

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  18. P

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    advice on redundant soil pipe

    I've had a good search and couldn't see anything that already covered this. It's probably common sense but I'm only home at week-ends so need the job to go smoothly as can't leave my wife with a stinky bathroom for the week. I've fitted a new toilet about 2 ft closer to the stack, compared with...
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    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  20. B

    De scaleing DHW heat exchanger with brick acid

    Has anyone used brick acid to de scale one [its a baxi 105e] and if so how did you go about it and did you dilute it, atb, buster.
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