Residential Construction

Residential Construction

Explains the construction of masonry and timber-framed houses in America

With black & white photos, it provides a contrast to British building methods

To view click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Residential

Structural Masonry

Structural Masonry Manual

Illustrated with clear and precise drawings, this academic book is suitable for those students wishing to progress onto HND or University

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Easterbrook

Ching

Building Construction

Packed full of line-drawings,
this is the No 1 book for anyone interested in Construction or Architecture

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Ching

Building Construction

Building Construction

Published in New Dehli, this book explains the building techniques used in India

It demonstrates that bricklaying is almost the same, wherever you go in the world

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Punmia

Durkin

Brickwork and Blockwork

The newest edition of Durkin's book. I have yet to find this in
any bookshop, so don't really know what it's like

The Google version only contains the first 30 pages

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Durkin

Carillion Level 3

Carillion Level 3

Repeats a lot of chapters from
their Level 2 book

Due to copy-rights, the Google Version has no pictures and only contains the first 50 pages

To view, click the 'Read more' link,
under the picture. To open in Google, click Carillion Level 3

Creative Brickwork

Creative Brickwork

Published by the BDA, this little book contains chapters on the History of Bricklaying, Design Decisions and Site Practices

Unfortunately, the Google Version only contains the first 20 pages

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google, click Creative Brickwork

Brickwork for Apprentices

Brickwork for Apprentices

Illustrated with line-drawings, this is an excellent book for advanced students

The new re-vamped editions are less technical, with colour pictures

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Brickwork

Carruthers

Brickwork Revision

Excellent book for exam revision
Contains multi-choice questions, with answers and illustrations

To view, click the 'Read more' link,
under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Carruthers

A free PDF version is available from Ebooks.org

Nash Volume 2

Nash Volume 2

This is THE text-book and most Brickwork lecturers were taught from Nash

Illustrated by line-drawings,
the text is very informative

First 70 pages displayed by Google

To view, click the 'Read more' link, under the picture. To open in Google Books, click Nash Volume 2