I have a tip! Use chipped brick instead of mulch?

This may not be new to some but my husband and I had a foundation problem a few years ago and had to remove all the shrubs in the front of our home and part on both sides! We had mulch and lost everything as the engineers began their work digging down many blocks to make needed repairs. After all this was finished it was time to begin our landscaping again. My husband hated the mulch because of the fear of termites and such.... soooooo he decided to go with chipped brick. This is wonderful! It is harder to work with but looks so good. It's easy to use blower to clean up leaves and other stuff. We have our home sprayed quarterly (inside and ou)t and our Bug Man loved it! Just a thought to let you know about this and how glad we are to have made the change. Hope all have a wonderful Easter!