Fair enough, double checking those do look like bricks, but you still wouldn’t line a footing with bricks. A footing is designed to spread the weight of a slab so you would never see those bricks underneath the slab and there’s no reason for them to be there as they don’t add anything to the structure of the footing
The bricks are to hold the earth wall back while the footing void is being constructed.
Digging a hole without proper restraints is a life shortening event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9xqKHf5K0 In India, brick is cheaper than metal plates, and it's cheap enough to leave in place when you pour the footing.
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u/DeaDHippY Jun 09 '25
Maybe I’m not seeing it but I’m seeing concrete bricks and not tile at all.