When installing a brick wall or pavement, the most common pattern is called "half running bond," which requires that each brick overlap the one below it by half its length. The majority of homes, classrooms, and workplaces all adopt this design.
Depending on the environment and the bricklayer's expertise, a decent rule of thumb is no more than six courses of blockwork. Any higher than that, there is a risk of the wall destabilizing and the weight above causing the mortar joints to separate.
Bricks should be flat, with their longest edges at the bottom and top. From the bottom left corner to the top middle of the block, mark a 45-degree angle. From the bottom right corner to the top midpoint, repeat the process. Cut the brick in this direction.
Different varieties of bricks are sunshine-dried bricks, charred bricks, engineering bricks, concrete bricks, lime bricks, bricks made of lime, ash-based bricks, etc.