Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Training as a Bricklayer viii
Glossary of terms xi
Chapter 1 Design and performance 1
1.1 External cavity walls 1
1.2 Rain resistance of cavity walls 15
1.3 Durability of brickwork 25
1.4 Manholes and inspection chambers 28
1.5 Reinforced and post-tensioned brickwork 37
Chapter 2 Background 51
2.1 Brick manufacture 51
2.2 Bricks of special shapes and sizes 66
2.3 Non-standard specials 75
2.4 Frog up or frog down? 79
2.5 Frost attack and frost resistance 83
2.6 Sulfate attack on mortar 87
Chapter 3 Accessories 91
3.1 Mortars 91
3.2 Ties in cavity walls 100
3.3 Damp-proof courses (DPCs) 106
3.4 Insulation 110
3.5 Vertical movement joints 123
3.6 Horizontal movement joints 130
3.7 Offsite and modern methods of construction 141
Chapter 4 Materials, handling and receipt 151
4.1 Estimating quantities of bricks and mortar 151
4.2 Handling, storage and protection of materials 153
4.3 Blending facing bricks on site 159
4.4 Reference and sample panels 164
4.5 Reading construction drawings 167
4.6 Setting out facework - stretcher half-bond 180
4.7 Gauge and storey rods 186
Chapter 5 Installation and execution 193
5.1 Avoiding damage from extremes of temperature 193
5.2 Allowing for variations in brick sizes 196
5.3 Keeping brickwork clean 204
5.4 Cutting bricks 209
5.5 Finishing mortar joints 214
5.6 Pointing and repointing 220
5.7 Copings and cappings 226
5.8 Cavity parapet wails 237
Chapter 6 Specialist techniques 247
6.1 Traditional curved arches 247
6.2 Traditional circular bull's-eyes 256
6.3 Soldier course arches 261
6.4 Decorative brickwork 265
6.5 Curved brickwork 279
6.6 Corbelling 285
6.7 Tumbling-in courses 294
6.8 Traditional fireplace openings, chimney breasts and flues 301
6.9 Traditional chimney stacks for domestic fireplaces 310
6.10 Thin-joint brick and block 318
6.11 Single leaf masonry 321
Chapter 7 Use of tools, accuracy and coordination 323
7.1 Bricklaying tools and equipment 323
7.2 Line, level and plumb 336
7.3 Blockwork inner leaves, walls and partitions 349
Chapter 8 Checking and handover 359
8.1 Vertical perpends 359
8.2 Appearance 363
8.3 Efflorescence and lime staining 374
8.4 Protection of newly built brickwork 379
Index 383
