Brickwork bonds

Ramil Menyashev

From this book you will learn in what order the bricks are laid when building brick walls. This book shows a Flemish bond, a Monk bond, a Dutch bond, an English bond, an English cross bond, a Scottish bond.

Brickwork bonds

Ramil Menyashev

© Ramil Menyashev, 2020

ISBNВ 978-5-4490-2039-0

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Brickwork is aВ construction consisting ofВ bricks laid inВ aВ certain order on the mortar. Rows ofВ bricks, called courses, lie on top ofВ each other, forming brick walls. Bricks laid with aВ short edge along aВ wall are called headers; Bricks laid with aВ long edge along aВ wall are called stretchers. The thickness ofВ the brickwork is measured byВ the number ofВ bricks laid inВ the thickness ofВ the wall, that is, 1 brick, 1.5 bricks, 2 bricks, 2.5 bricks.В The thickness of the horizontal joints in the brickwork should be from 10 to 12 mm, the thickness of the vertical joints from 8 to 10 mm. To maintain the horizontality and verticality of the laid bricks use a level, a plumb-line and a builders line.

Fig.1. Brickwork.

FlemishВ bond

The Flemish bond consists of folded headers and stretchers in each row, with each successive row arranged so that its headers are in the center of the stretchers of the previous row. All vertical seams of the lower row are covered with bricks of the overlying row. Cross-vertical seams in adjacent rows are shifted relative to each other by a quarter of a brick, and longitudinal-vertical ones – by a half-brick. When laying walls with a thickness of 2 bricks, the inner part of the first course consists only of headers, so the pattern inherent in the Flemish bond is obtained only from the outside.

Fig.2. Flemish bond.

Fig.3. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the corner ofВ the walls. Wall thickness 1В brick.

Fig.4. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the corner ofВ the walls. Wall thickness 1.5В brick.

Fig.5. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the corner ofВ the walls. Wall thickness 2В brick.

Fig.6. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the vertical constraint ofВ the brick wall. Wall thickness 1В brick.

Fig.7. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the vertical constraint ofВ the brick wall. Wall thickness 1.5В brick.

Fig.8. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the vertical constraint ofВ the brick wall. Wall thickness 2В brick.

Fig.9. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ aВ section ofВ walls between window openings. Wall thickness 1В brick.

Fig.10. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ aВ section ofВ walls between window openings. Wall thickness 2В brick.

Fig.11. The order ofВ laying the brick inВ the adjacent walls. The thickness ofВ the walls is 1В and 1В bricks.

Fig.12. The order ofВ laying the brick inВ the adjacent walls. The thickness ofВ the walls is 1.5В and 1.5В bricks.

Fig.13. The order ofВ laying the brick inВ the adjacent walls. The thickness ofВ the walls is 2В and 2В bricks.

Fig.14. The order ofВ laying bricks at the intersection ofВ walls. The thickness ofВ the walls is 1.5В and 1.5В bricks.

MonkВ bond

Monk bond is similar to the Flemish bond, but the headers are placed here not through one, but after two stretchers. In the first course, the headers are laid through two stretchers; The second course, as well as the first one, consists of a combination of a header and two stretchers, where the header becomes on the seam between two stretchers of the first course, and the seam between the second course stretchers becomes to be on the first course header. All vertical seams of the lower row are covered with bricks of the overlying row. Cross-vertical seams in adjacent rows are shifted relative to each other by a quarter of a brick, and longitudinal-vertical ones – by a half-brick.

Fig.15. Monk bond.

Fig.16. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the corner ofВ the walls. Wall thickness 1В brick.

Fig.17. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the corner ofВ the walls. Wall thickness 2В brick.

Fig.18. The order ofВ laying bricks inВ the vertical constraint ofВ the brick wall. Wall thickness 1В brick