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Brick and Block Walls

The majority of the walls of small buildings in this country are built of brick or block. The external walls […]

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Stock brick

The term ‘stock brick’ is generally used in the south-east counties of England to describe the London stock brick. This

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Types of brick

These are bricks which are sufficiently hard to safely carry the loads normally supported by brickwork, but because they have

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Concrete blocks

These are used extensively for both loadbearing and non-loadbearing walls, externally and internally. A concrete block wall can be laid

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Properties of bricks

This is a somewhat vague term commonly used in the description of bricks. By general agreement it is recognised that

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WALLS OF BRICK AND BLOCK

Strength and Stability Up to the middle of the twentieth century the design and construction of small buildings, such as houses,

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