5 starter house plans in Minecraft, from 153 to 2,342 blocks
Stone Brick Slab, Birch Planks

The Brick Slab is red clay bricks cut into a slab. Its material is Bricks, so it keeps that block's look and toughness. All slabs, stairs and walls work alike, as the Stone Slab, Stone Stairs and Cobblestone Wall pages explain; the Bricks page covers the material.
It is made with the Crafting Table from 3 × Bricks (other recipes also exist). It is mined with a pickaxe.
3 × Bricks → 6 × Brick Slab
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Stone Brick Slab, Birch Planks
| type | top · bottom · double |
|---|---|
| waterlogged | true · false |
At the Crafting Table: 3 × Bricks give 6 × Brick Slab. At the Stonecutter: 1 × Bricks gives 2 × Brick Slab. Mining the block drops it.
It is a building shape of Bricks, used for floors, roofs, steps and low walls.
The fastest tool is the pickaxe.
No difference: the Stonecutter turns 1 × Bricks into 2 × Brick Slab, the same rate as the crafting recipe (3 × Bricks for 6).
Placed under a Note Block, Brick Slab gives the Bass drum sound.