BRICK MASONRY PART 1

BRICK MASONRY
                 
        Construction of brick units which are bonded together with mortar

CHARACTERISTICS OF BRICK

•    Bricks should have perfect edges, copper colored, free from crack
•    Clear ringing sound when struck
•    Hard, average weight should be 3-3.5 kg
•    It should not break when fall from 1 m height
•    Low thermal conductivity & Should be sound proof
•    The crushing strength of brick must be 3.5 N/mm2

TERMS USED

• Stretchers: A brick laid with its long, narrow side exposed
• Header: A brick laid with its short side exposed.
• Three-quarter bat – stretching: A brick cut to three-quarters of its length and laid with its one narrow side exposed.
• Three-quarter bat – heading: A brick cut to three-quarters of its length,   
•   and laid with its short side exposed.
• Half bat: A brick cut in half across its length.
• Queen closer: A brick cut in half down its width.
• Quarter bat: A brick cut to a quarter of its length.
• Three-quarter queen closer: A queen closer cut to three-quarters of its length
• King closer: A brick with one corner cut away, leaving one header face at half its standard width