Types of Brick masonry
Brick masonry
This bond is weak in strength but
it is economical Brick masonry is made up of brick units bonded together with
mortar
Components of brick masonry
·
Brick
·
Mortar
Types of mortar
·
Cement mortar
·
Lime mortar
·
Cement-lime mortar
·
Lime surkhi mortar
·
Mud mortar
Types of bricks
·
Traditional bricks
·
Modular bricks
1 Traditional bricks
It has not been standardize in
size
Dimensions varies from place to
place
Thickness varies from varies from
cm to 7.5cm,widthvaries from 10to13 cm and length varies from 20to25 cm
2 Modular brick
Any brick which is the same uniform size as laid down by
bis The nominal
size of the
modular brick is
20cm
x10cmx10cm Actual size is 19x9x9
Classes ofbrick
·
First class brick
·
Second class brick
·
Third class brick
Bonds in brickwork
1.
Stretcher bond
2.
Header bond
3.
English bond
4.
Flemish bond
5.
Facing bond
6.
English crossing bond
7.
Brick on edge bond
8.
Dutch bond
9.
Racking bond
10.
Zigzag bond
11.
Garden wall bond
Stretcher bond
The length of the brick its along
with the face of the wall. This pattern is used only for those wall which have
thickness of half brick
Header bond
The width of the bricks are thus along the direction of the
wall
This pattern is used only when the thickness of the wall is
equal to one brick
English bond
It is the most commonly used methodthis bond is considered to
be the strongest
This bond consist of alternate course of stretchers and
headers
Alternative courses will show either headers or stretchers in
elevation
There is nop vertical joint
Every alternative header come
centrally over the joint between two stretchers in corse in below
Since the number of vertical
joint in the header course twice the number of vertical joints in stretcher
course ,the joints in the header course are made thinner than the joints in the
stretcher course
Flemish bond
Inthis type of course is comprised of alternative headers and
stretchers
Types of Flemish bond
Double Flemish bond
Single Flemish bond
Double Flemish bond
Every
course consist of headers and stretchers placed alternatively
The
facing and backing of the wall in each course have the same appearance
Single Flemish bond
Single Flemish bond is comprised
of double Flemish bond facing an English bond backing and hearting in each
course
Facing bond
This bond is used where the
bricks of different thickness are to be used in the facing and backing of the
wall
The nominal thickness of facing
brick is 10 cm and that of backing bricks is 9 cm the header course tis
provided at a vertical interval of 90 cm
English cross bond
This is he modification of
English bond to improve the appearance e of the wall Brick on edge bond
This type of bond uses stret dutch bond
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