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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bricks
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Special bricks
A range of special bricks is made for specific uses in fairface brickwork. These bricks are made from fine clays
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Bricks bonding at angles and jambs
At the end of a wall at a stop end, at an angle or quoin and at jambs of openings
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Bricks for Garden wall bonds
Walls, such as garden walls, that are to be finished fairface both sides and built 1 B thick are often
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Bricks bonding blocks
Blocks are made in various thicknesses to suit most wall requirements and are laid in stretcher bond. Thin blocks, used
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Bricks Clay blocks
Hollow clay building blocks are made for use as a wall unit. The blocks are made from selected brick clays
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Bonding Bricks
In building a wall it is usual to lay bricks in regular, horizontal courses so that each brick bears on
Glossary
Brick damp-proof courses
Two or three courses of dense, semi-engineering or engineering bricks were laid in hydraulic lime and later cement mortar. There
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Flint-lime bricks
Flint-lime bricks are manufactured from hydrated lime and crushed flint and are moulded and hardened as are sand-lime {brick}s. They