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Title: Brick Masonry
Description: A full guide to Brick, it's joinery and masonry

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Brick Masonry

Brick
• Brick is a basic building unit which is in the
form of rectangular block in which length to
breadth ratio is 2 but height can be different
...


Terminology:

The surfaces of a brick have names :
Top and bottom surfaces are beds
...

Sides are stretchers or stretcher faces
...


Brick Sizes
A standard metric brick has coordinating
dimensions of 225 x 112
...
5 x 65 mm (8
...
5) called
architectural size

Brick Sizes

Brick Sizes

The coordinating dimensions are a measure of the
physical space taken up by a brick together with
the mortar required on one bed , one header face
and one stretcher face
...

 Methods of manufacture for many units and
components are such that the final piece is not
quite the size expected but it can fall within the
defined limits
...


The difference between the working and
coordinating dimensions of a brick is 10mm
(0
...

The working dimensions are also known as the
nominal size of a brick
...

• Depth of frog in a brick 10 to 20mm
• Frog should be upward
...


Mortar Joints
Mortar placed horizontally below or on
the top of a brick is called a bed
...


Bats
• The portions mad by cutting standard bricks
across their width are known as brick bats
...


Closers
• The portions made by cutting across their
length in such a manner that their one
strecher face remains uncut or half cut
...
queen closer
King closer

Quoins
• The external corners of walls are called quoins
• The brick which form the external corner is
known as quoin brick
...
Solid bricks
Solid brick shall not have
holes, cavities or
depressions
...
Perforated bricks
Perforated brick shall
have holes not
exceeding the 25% of
the gross volume of
the brick; minimum
30% solid across the
width of brick
...
Frogged bricks
Frogged bricks
shall have
depressions in one
or more bed faces
but their total
volume shall not
exceed 20% of
gross volume of a
brick
...
Cellular Bricks
Cellular Bricks have cavities or depressions exceeding
20% of the volume in total
...

• Bonds in brick work is provided to achieve a
united mass as soon as practicable to suit the
length, height and thickness of brick work and
stresses to which it is subjected

• To break the continuity of vertical joints and
to provide proper bond in brick masonry
portion of brick ( closers or bats) are provided
in alternative courses
...
Stretcher Bond
ii
...
English Bond
iv
...
Stretcher Bond
Stretcher/Common Bond
Only used for walls of half
brick thickness(partition
wall) , this is the only
practical bond which
can be used on a wall of
this thickness
...
It is
composed of header
bricks, set in rows that
are offset ¾ of a brick as
a quoin brick in
alternating courses,
which produces a solid
easy to lay bond
...


Flemish Bond
• Not such a strong as
English bond
• Decorative pattern on
face of the wall shows
alternate headers &
stretchers in each with
the headers centered
under and over
stretchers in adjacent
courses
...

• Brick bats are to be
used for forming this
bond when thickness of
wall is multiple of half
brick
...
when is
the brickwork reinforced? and its advantages
and disadvantages
Title: Brick Masonry
Description: A full guide to Brick, it's joinery and masonry