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Stretcher Bond

The document discusses different types of brick bonds used in wall construction including stretcher bond, header bond, English bond, Flemish bond, and garden wall bond. It also describes different types of cut bricks used in brickwork and methods for keeping brickwork horizontal and vertical including plumbing, leveling, and gauging.

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Stretcher Bond

The document discusses different types of brick bonds used in wall construction including stretcher bond, header bond, English bond, Flemish bond, and garden wall bond. It also describes different types of cut bricks used in brickwork and methods for keeping brickwork horizontal and vertical including plumbing, leveling, and gauging.

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1. When constructing brick wall, it is necessary to lay the bricks to some recognized bond. In
order to maintain bond, it is necessary to use bricks cut in various shapes at some points.

a. With the aid of diagrams, identify the different brickwork bonding available for wall
construction.
i) Stretcher bond
- Usually constructed in ½ brick thick wall.
- It consists all stretcher in every course.
- The bricks are laid so that a header face shows in every other course to
complete the bond.

Stretcher bond

ii) Header bond


- Constructed in 1 brick thick walls.
- Bonded with every brick showing a header face with each header face lying
directly over two header faces below.
iii) English bond
- Can be constructed either in 1 brick thick or 1½ brick thick wall.
- Very strong bond consists of alternate courses of headers and stretcher with
a header face lying directly over the center of a stretcher face below.

1 B thick wall

iv) Flemish bond


- Can be constructed either in 1 brick thick or 1½ brick thick wall.
- Each course consists of alternate headers and stretchers in which header
faces lie directly above and below a stretcher face.

1 B thick wall

v) Single Flemish bond


- Combination of English and Flemish bond.
- Slightly stronger than Flemish bond.
- Thinnest wall to construct is 1½ brick thick wall.
vi) Garden wall bond
- Designed to reduce number of headers.
- Reduction of headers does to an extent weaken the brickwork bond.
- Usual garden wall bonds are:
- English garden wall bond consists of three to five courses of stretcher to
one course of headers.
- Flemish garden wall bond consists of one header to every three to five
stretchers in every course.

b. With the aid of diagrams, identify some examples of cutting bricks and their
applications in brickwork.

Types of cutting bricks:


i) ½ bat – used in all brickworks
ii) ¾ bat – normally used in stretcher bond
iii) Queen closer-half – used in English bond
iv) Queen closer-quarter – used in English bond
v) King closer – used in Flemish bond
vi) Mitred closer – used in Flemish bond
vii) Bevelled closer – used in English bond
viii) Bevelled bat – used in Flemish bond
2. With the aid of diagrams, describe the following methods to keep the brickwork horizontal
and vertical:
a. Plumbing
Check that the wall face is vertical by using a spirit level, tap the brick across the wall
as necessary to adjust the brick as necessary. Do not try to do this to both sides of the
wall, choose one side as 'the face' and just plumb that side. Plumb the brickwork again.
Do it along the wall, spacing the points approximately just under the length of the spirit
level. Check both sides of corners.

b. Levelling
Use a spirit level to keep the courses level. Remember that the corner bricks have been
set to the correct height, so any adjustment should be by bedding down the bricks in
from the corner. Bricks are not made to very tight tolerances, so don't waste your time
trying to get each brick exactly level, the point is to get the parts of the bricks which
touch the underside of the spirit level, level.

c. Gauging
When building any wall, it's necessary to keep the courses at the corners at the same
height. A gauge board is used to this. Mark out a piece of timber with marks
corresponding to spacing of one brick height plus the thickness of the bed joint
(normally a total of 75cm). Use the rod at the corner when each course is begun and
check that it is at the correct height, on uneven ground, start by putting a datum peg
next to the wall so that the gauge rod can be easily positioned.

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