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The Bonding of Brickwork

The Bonding of Brickwork

The Bonding of Brickwork

William Frost
April 2016
Available
Paperback
9781316603826
£34.99
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Paperback

    Originally published in 1933, this book presents a guide to the process of brick bonding. The text was created 'with the object of providing information for the use of students, craftsmen, foremen and others engaged in the building industry'. Examples for practice are included at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in brickwork and the history of the building industry.

    Product details

    April 2016
    Paperback
    9781316603826
    254 pages
    180 × 130 × 20 mm
    0.25kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. The bonding of brickwork
    • 2. Patterns of bricks to be used for bonding
    • 3. Examples of face bonds
    • 4. English bond. Plans
    • 5. Flemish bond. Plans
    • 6. English bond with Flemish face. Plans
    • 7. Quoins in English bond. Plans of external angles
    • 8. Quoins in Flemish bond. Plans of external angles
    • 9. Quoins in single Flemish bond. Plans of external angles
    • 10. Quoin bonds for cavity walls. Plans of external angles
    • 11. Squint quoins: English bond. Plans of acute angles
    • 12. Squint quoins: Flemish bond. Plans of acute angles
    • 13. Squint quoins: recessed corner. Plans of acute angles
    • 14. Squint quoins: English bond. Plans of obtuse angles
    • 15. Squint quoins: Flemish bond. Plans of obtuse angles
    • 16. Squint quoins: single Flemish bond. Plans of obtuse angles
    • 17. Reveals in English bond
    • 18. Reveals in Flemish bond
    • 19. Attached plain piers in English bond
    • 20. Attached plain piers in Flemish bond walls
    • 21. Attached piers with chamfered angles
    • 22. Double attached plain piers in English bond walls
    • 23. Miscellaneous examples of attached piers
    • 24. Square junctions in English bond
    • 25. Square junctions in Flemish bond
    • 26. Square junction to walls with one face in Flemish bond
    • 27. Splay junctions
    • 28. Cross junctions
    • 29. Cross junctions
    • 30. Junctions of curved and straight walls
    • 31. 'Breaks' or 'returns'
    • 32. Isolated piers: English bond
    • 33. Isolated piers: Flemish bond
    • 34. Chimney-stack bonds
    • 35. Fireplace openings
    • 36. Quoins, stopped ends and reveals
    • 37. Stepped reveals
    • 38. Projecting quoins
    • 39. Miscellaneous examples of bonding
    • 40. Broken bond above and below openings
    • 41. Bond at openings in cavity walls
    • 42. Square-angled bay windows
    • 43. Footings to quoins of various walls
    • 44. Footings to piers
    • 45. Footings to obtuse and acute quoins
    • 46. Special bonding for various examples
    • 47. Pattern bonding
    • 48. Brickwork panels
    • 49. Examples for practice.
      Author
    • William Frost