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    Brick & Bonds 1961709

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    This document discusses different types of brick bonds used in masonry construction. It describes 5 common brick bonds: 1) Stretcher Bond is one of the simplest bonds used for partition walls, chimneys, and walls up to half brick thickness. 2) Header Bond uses bricks laid flat with the short face exposed in alternating courses. 3) English Bond alternates headers and stretchers with vertical joints staggered. 4) Flemish Bond has alternating exposed headers and stretchers in every course with vertical joints staggered. 5) Rat Trap Bond places bricks vertically to create an insulated cavity within the wall.

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    This document discusses different types of brick bonds used in masonry construction. It describes 5 common brick bonds: 1) Stretcher Bond is one of the simplest bonds used for partition walls, chimneys, and walls up to half brick thickness. 2) Header Bond uses bricks laid flat with the short face exposed in alternating courses. 3) English Bond alternates headers and stretchers with vertical joints staggered. 4) Flemish Bond has alternating exposed headers and stretchers in every course with vertical joints staggered. 5) Rat Trap Bond places bricks vertically to create an insulated cavity within the wall.

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    This document discusses different types of brick bonds used in masonry construction. It describes 5 common brick bonds: 1) Stretcher Bond is one of the simplest bonds used for partition walls, chimneys, and walls up to half brick thickness. 2) Header Bond uses bricks laid flat with the short face exposed in alternating courses. 3) English Bond alternates headers and stretchers with vertical joints staggered. 4) Flemish Bond has alternating exposed headers and stretchers in every course with vertical joints staggered. 5) Rat Trap Bond places bricks vertically to create an insulated cavity within the wall.

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    Brick & Bonds 1961709

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    Hiruthik Dharsan
    This document discusses different types of brick bonds used in masonry construction. It describes 5 common brick bonds: 1) Stretcher Bond is one of the simplest bonds used for partition walls, chimneys, and walls up to half brick thickness. 2) Header Bond uses bricks laid flat with the short face exposed in alternating courses. 3) English Bond alternates headers and stretchers with vertical joints staggered. 4) Flemish Bond has alternating exposed headers and stretchers in every course with vertical joints staggered. 5) Rat Trap Bond places bricks vertically to create an insulated cavity within the wall.

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    Brick and Brick Bonds

    Brick Bonds

    1. Stretcher Bond / Running Bond


    One of the most common brick bonds, also popularly called running bonds. This bond is very
    easy to lay, in fact, is one of the simplest ones used
    today. Stretcher bond is suitable when walls of half
    brick thickness need to be constructed. Different
    types of wall construction done using this kind of
    bond are:

    • Sleeper walls
    • Partition walls
    • Division walls (internal dividers)
    • Chimney stacks

    Stretcher bonds are not very suitable for stand-alone structural walls, but very useful for
    construction of walls with less thickness. Note, this bond will fail if the thickness of the walls
    is more than half of the total length of the brick used.

    2. Header Bond
    A header is the shorter face of the brick. In header bond brick masonry all bricks are
    constructed in the header course. In this bond, the
    overlap is performed corresponding to a half width of
    the bricks. The three-quarter brickbats are utilized in
    alternative courses as quoins. This bond is mainly
    used for the construction of one brick thick walls.

    3. English Bond
    One of the most commonly utilized variations of brick bonds in masonry works. This bond
    essentially comprises of alternating courses of headers and stretchers. Headers are laid
    centred over the stretchers in the course below and
    each alternate row is vertically aligned. To break the
    continuousness of vertical joints, a quoin closer is
    used at the start and end of a wall after the first
    header. A quoin close is a brick that is cut lengthwise
    into 2 halves and used in the corners in brick walls.
    This type of bond is mainly used to construct strong
    one brick thickness walls.
    4. Flemish Bond
    For this type of bond, each course is made up of alternate headers and stretchers. Each
    header is centered on a stretcher above and below and every alternate course begins with a
    header in the corner. For breaking the vertical joints in the successive courses, quoin closers
    are introduced in alternate courses next to the header. This bond can be significantly sub-
    divided into two diverse types:

    • Single Flemish Bond – A combination of English bond and Flemish Bond. The front
    exposed surface of the wall is composed of Flemish bong and the back surface is
    composed of English bond in every single course.
    • Double Flemish Bond – This
    bond takes a similar
    appearance both in the front
    and the back elevations.

    Walls with Flemish Bond are complex


    to erect and demand greater skills.

    5. Rat Trap Bond


    In this bond, bricks are laid on edge or placed in a vertical position instead of the
    conventional horizontal position. This creates a cavity (hollow space) within the wall. This
    feature helps in keeping enhanced thermal comfort and keep the interiors cooler than the
    outside and vice versa. This type of walls consumes a smaller number of materials due to
    the internal cavity. The Rat Trap Bond looks very similar to the Flemish Bond in appearance.
    Skilled labor and extra care are needed to design this bond.
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