Brick house

A lot of people around the world live in brick houses. Typical house of brick stands on a strip Foundation of concrete, poured into the pits. The Foundation covered with a layer of so-called concrete preparation. Flooring on the ground level can be concrete or wooden floorboards, laid across the ceiling beams. The ends of these beams rest on the outer walls of the house. Support joists of the first floor also serve as intermediate low brick wall built on a concrete preparation, over which is placed a wooden beam - lag. The floorboards are fastened by nails at right angles to the joists.
The ceiling usually consists of beams between the walls to which the bottom with nails to fasten the sheets of drywall. The boardwalk top floor nailed on top of the ceiling beams of the first floor. In older homes first nailed wooden slats (lath) across the ceiling beams. Between the strips leave gaps when attached to the plaster it could seep between them. After hardening of the mortar, the plaster firmly against the rail.
The wooden frame of the roof rests on the walls of the capital, the top is covered with a waterproof material such as roofing material. Across the roof lay the pieces of wood and nailed them to the inclined bars. Slate or tiles are fastened with nails or staples to Latham.
Partitions divide the building into rooms, but do not support design. They can be built of brick, lined with concrete blocks or stucco, nailed to a wooden frame.
Door frame is usually made of wood and window frames of wood, steel or aluminum. Over door and window openings shall be beams (lintels). They serve the upper leg of masonry which might otherwise SAG and collapse. Nowadays, jumpers are made of steel or concrete. In some houses put a wooden lintel.