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Front Cover of book

Eco-Renovation
The Ecological Home
Improvement Guide

by Edward Harland

Published by
Green Books Ltd in 1993

ISBN 1 8700 9852 8

Text from page 26

Habitats for Bats

Sutton

Front Cover of book

Technical Education Series
Construction Technology
Level I and II

by BHC Sutton

Published by
Blackie & Son Ltd in 1980

ISBN 0 216 90629 6

A force is either a pull or push, and it is measured in the Newton (N). The strength of a material is a measure of its power to resist such forces

Forces acting on a body - Page 11

If a pair of forces pull on a body, they will tend to stretch it. These are called tensile forces

A pair of forces pushing on a body will tend to compress it, and are called compressive

Mixing Concrete

Front Cover of book

Home Maintenance Manual

by Simon James

Published by
Sphere Books Limited in 1983

ISBN 0 7221 0582 7

As the title implies, this is a general DIY book, describing Plumbing, Electrical and Carpentry projects, as well as Bricklaying

How to mix Concrete
Images and text from page 186-187

home maintenance V2

Image from page 193

Stretcher Bond

Used in single walls and for cavity walling

The bricks are laid with their long side exposed

Image from page 193

English Bond

Makes a 9" (215 mm) wall

The bond consists of alternate rows of stretchers and headers

Image from page 193

Flemish Bond

Similar to English, but has pairs of stretchers laid with the headers between them

It is weaker than English due to continuous vertical joints

Image from page 193

Open Bond

Purely decorative, this type of wall is basically stretcher bond with spaces between the bricks

Each space is equal to a quarter of the brick length

Home Maintenance

Front Cover of book

Home Maintenance Manual

by Simon James

Published by
Sphere Books Limited in 1983

ISBN 0 7221 0582 7

As the title implies, this is a general DIY book with examples from all the major trades

Items relating to brickwork are shown below

Properties & Use

Front cover of book

Bricks
Their Properties and Use

The Brick Development Association

Published by
The Construction Press Ltd in 1974

ISBN 0 904406 04 0

Stretcher Bond
The normal bond for walls of half-brick thickness

Stretcher Bond - page 29

Stretcher Bond - page 29

Brickwork drawn by Anne June 11

Headers are placed at the quoin, to maintain the bond

Reader's Digest

Front Cover of book

1,001 DIY Hints and Tips

Neil Thomson (Ed)

Published by
Reader's Digest in 2002

ISBN 0 276 42610 X

Weather-Struck Pointing
page 36

A rare example of using a Frenchman
page 37

A Frenchman is a normal butter-knife, with a bent-tip, used to trim away the excess mortar, and leave a clean straight line. The timber batten prevents the mortar dropping onto the rest of the work

Brunskill

Front Cover of book

Vernacular Architecture

by RW Brunskill

Published by
Faber & Faber in 2000

ISBN 0 571 19503 2

Extract from page 48-49



SHAPE: Brickwork shows some variation in size and proportion when used in vernacular buildings. Early and inferior bricks were irregular in shape and size. Even after length and breadth had become standardized (see a) height varied to reach a maximum during the Brick Tax period and again in the Midlands and North during the 19C. (see b)

Gauged Brickwork

Gauged Brickwork by Lynch

A free PDF download of this book is available from Ebooks.org