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

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Stretcher Bond

This animation shows the construction and bonding for an internal corner. The quoin brick is always laid first

English Bond

This animation demonstrates the bonding for a 1-brick wide internal corner in English Bond

Flemish Bond

The face of this bond shows Stretcher, Header,
Stretcher, Header on each course

Monk Bond

Similar to Flemish, but with two stretchers and then a header on the same course. It is relatively easy to build and has ability to form diagonal patterns

Rat Trap Bond

Image from Contractor Talk

This is similar to Flemish Bond, but the bricks are laid on-edge, so the lap is ⅓-brick

The cavity provides a natural temperature-control, and so this bond is popular in India

Twisted Pillars

This animation shows the construction of a twisted brick pillar, 440 by 440mm and offset by 10 degrees