• Provide vertical capabilities
• Bringing beauty
• To provide security
• As a wall of separation
• As a resistance to horizontal forces
• Giving a good finish
• Bringing beauty
• To provide security
• As a wall of separation
• As a resistance to horizontal forces
• Giving a good finish
There are two main types of brick walls, depending on the function of the wall.
• Load bearing wall
• Non-load bearing wall
• Non-load bearing wall
Load bearing wall
• External wall
• Retaining wall
• Retaining wall
Non load bearing wall
• Internal/partition wall
• Garden wall
Load bearaing walls
The wall built on a continuous foundation and which support the entire load including their own load all referred as load-bearing walls.
Classification load-bearing Walls
• Solid masonry wall
• Cavity wall
• Faced wall
• Veneered wall
Non load bearing walls
The wall which simply serve as screen for privacy and do not take any load except their own are called non-load bearing wall
Retaining walls
A wall of increasing thickness constructed for the purpose of retaining soil or water to one side is referred as retaining walls.
A brest wall also a retaining wall but itis provided to protect natural sloping ground from the cutting action of weathering agencies like rain, snou etc.
A brick standard dimension,
Plaster Thickness (Joint) Without | Joint with a standard A brick Dimensions | |
Length | 215 | 225 |
Width | 102.5 | 112.5 |
Height | 65 | 75 |
Plaster Thickness (Joint) 10mm
British standard Brick dimensions (Trench)
Plaster Thickness (Joint) Without | Joint with a standard A brick Dimensions | |
Length | 8 5/8 | 9 |
Width | 4 1/8 | 4 1/2 |
Height | 2 5/8 | 3 |
Parts of a brick wall
Course
Horizontal brick row of walls
Stretcher course
a brick stretcher Faces Forward drop Next Brick course
Header course
a brick header Faces Forward drop Next Brick course
Bet Joint
Brick course horizontal Applied Plaster layer
Vertical Joint
Brick course vertical Applied Plaster layer
Toothing End
Termination of a wall in such a fashion that each alternate course at the end projects, in order to provide adequate bond for future extension
Racking End
Step by Step Finishing a Wall.
Stopped End
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Horizontal brick row of walls
Stretcher course
a brick stretcher Faces Forward drop Next Brick course
Header course
a brick header Faces Forward drop Next Brick course
Bet Joint
Brick course horizontal Applied Plaster layer
Vertical Joint
Brick course vertical Applied Plaster layer
Toothing End
Termination of a wall in such a fashion that each alternate course at the end projects, in order to provide adequate bond for future extension
Racking End
Step by Step Finishing a Wall.
Stopped End
Queen Header
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