Whether you are replacing or re-fitting a loose brick or building a wall in your garden or house, laying a brick is a simple process and one which this article hopes to tone your skills. Remember that paying particular attention to basic principles will help you succeed with your project.
Gather your materials
It is important with any task that you gather all your required materials before hand; this is called proper preperation. To lay brick generally you need bricklayer trowels and bricklayer pointers, a bricklayer hammer, chisels, a bubble measurer and a mixing board. You will also need bricks 
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Make your foundation
You should pour a concrete foundation if the place you are laying a brick or building the wall does not have an existing slab, brickledge or footing to work on. Your foundation must be level and below the grade of the finished ground so that the brick you have just layed is all you see when your wall is finished, it is hugely important that you also use a bubble leveler to make sure that your foundation is 100% flat.
Mix your masonry cement or mortar properly
This can be done in a wheelbarrow for small projects, or a mortar box if you don’t have access to a mortar mixer or cement mixer. Basically, to mix the mortar, you will use a ratio of three parts masonry sand (builders sand, if it is very clean), to one part masonry cement. Add water to the dry materials and mix to a consistancy like pudding. Too dry, and it will be difficult to “set” the brick in the mortar bed, too wet and the brick will sag.
Space and lay your mortar
Start at a corner, and using the trowel, scoop up mortar and place a 4 to 6 inch wide band on the footing or slab about 1 inch thick. Set a brick down in this “bed” of mortar, and tap it down with the handle of your trowel, until it is level, parallel to the line of your wall, and the edge is plumb. Repeat with 6 or 8 brick, using the edge of the trowel to cut away the excess mortar that is shoved out from under the brick as you go.
Place your brick
Place your brick on the mortar you have just spaced and layed, and push down on it so that any excess cement / mortar pretrudus from the side. Now take one of your tools and remove the excess cement at the sides, and place your bubble level on top of the brick to make sure the cement has leveled itself.
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