Brick

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What are they made of? Bricks are made of clay, shale, soft slate, calcium silicate, concrete, or shaped from quarried stone. Normally, brick contains the following ingredients: Silica (sand), alumina (clay), lime, iron oxide, magnesia.

What are they used for? It is used in the construction of various elements such as walls, fences, partitions, ovens, etc.

How many types of brick are there? there are nine types of brick: masonry, building brick (also called common, hard, orkiln-run brick), face brick, clinker brick, pressed brick, glazed bricks, fire brick, cored brick and Sand-lime brick.

What is the meaning of brick laying techniques? bricklaying techniques are the construction methods with bricks. Bricklaying is a trade that specialises in building and repairing walls, floors, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, as well as other structures with brick.

Describe 2 brick laying techniques Using the Mortar Board. - All mortar boards should be wet down before mortar is placed upon them to prevent the wood from absorbing the moisture from the mortar, thus causing it to dry out too quickly. The mortar should be kept turned up in the middle of the board, leaving the outer edges clean. If it is spread out in a thin layer over the entire board, it will dry out quickly, be hard to spread, and will prevent the picking up of a trowelful.

Wetting Brick.-The setting of mortar depends to a large degree upon the amount of water contained in it, dry brick will absorb this moisture before the mortar has set. It is therefore necessary to wet the brick before laying them.

What are their advantages and disadvantages? Brick offers many advantages. It is very pleasing to the eye, durable, resistant to fire and passage of time.You can find almost anywhere, there are many varieties to choose from.

the brick is a very tough material, but in buildings of two or more flats are needed to fit supports, it does not support more load than its own weight. It is made of ceramics, is very vulnerable to shocks very strong, if they are not subject to a resistant structure. It needs skilled labor, so there will be a cost of manufacture. As well as maintenance cost every 3 0 4 years in order to the wall does not absorb water or mold from forming on the surface.

How has brick been used in Piazza del Campo?

==== I read that the Piazza has a late Gothic style, in part by the uniformity of the bricks of their walls. The city forms a harmonious whole (but not monotonous) profile, ocher and red. The buildings surrounding the Piazza are uniform in height and proportion. ==== ====Brick is used as the main building element which gives an irregularity to buildings, verticality and a variety of styles, nevertheless the use of brick gives the place a constructive harmony, due to the characteristic red color of the brick. Also bricks are used in the piazza floor, giving continuity to the buildings located nearby. ====

Teresa, Ainara and Soriana 1 Hi girls, as they are? 2 Hi, I´m fine 3 Very good, and you? 1 Fine, start the interview **1. ** **I said they went to Siena, but ****do you know something about the history of the Piazza del Campo? ** 3. Siena. The subtle skill with which the urban fabric enters into harmonious dialogue with the Tuscan landscape, the rich repertoire of spatial brick factory , in their spaces , square and views <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2. In fact, Siena, like other cities<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> on hills of Tuscany, was the first settlement inhabited by a tribe called the Saina. 3. And <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">the piazza was paved in 1349 in fishbone-patterned red brick with ten lines of travertine, which divide the piazza into nine sections, radiating from the mouth of the gavinone (the central water drain) in front of the Palazzo Pubblico. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. Do you know where is it located exactly? ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. It is located in the city center; the piazza was originally a vacant space that rainwater flowed **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. And where is the rainwater collected? ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. The rainwater is collected in the center of the piazza where converge of radios of the Piazza converge. This convergence highlights the range of configuration space and helps to unify the piazza. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. What two words characterize of the Piazza? ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. They could be: beauty and originality. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. What building materials are used for the Piazza? ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 2 The predominant material is brick, but <span class="hps" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">there are also marble and stone **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. How are these materials used in the Piazza? ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. On the floor of the piazza, covered brick with stripes alternating with 10 marble <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The public palace is working with stone at the base and brick the rest the building **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2. ** **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Do you know that style is the piazza? **  **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I read that the Piazza has a late Gothic style, in part by the uniformity of the bricks of their walls. The city forms a harmonious whole (but not monotonous) profile, ocher and red. The buildings surrounding the Piazza are uniform in height and proportion. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. But I don’t know which are the activities that take place in the Piazza? ** **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Do you know? ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. The Piazza del Campo is also a space for public holidays. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Palio delle Contrade <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> takes place in the center of the square, it is basically a horse race, they must give 3 laps around the square <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Ohm interesting, some day I'll go, It draws my attention <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Okay, I hope to enjoy soon <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. Yes, well, take care, see you. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Bye, thank you
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