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English Bond – Brick Masonry
English Bond English bond consists of alternate course of headers and stretches. In this English bond arrangement, vertical joints in the…
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Flemish Bond – Types of Flemish Bond
In Flemish bond, each course consists of alternate headers and stretchers. The alternate headers of each course are centered over the…
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Various types of bonds used in brick masonry
Types of Bonds The bricks being uniform in size can be arranged in a variety of ways. The following are…
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Brick masonry
Brick masonry is built with bricks bonded together with mortar. For temporary sheds mud mortar may be used but for…
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Basic requirements of a building
The planning and construction of a building should be aimed at fulfilling the following requirements: 1. Strength and stability 2. Dimensional stability …
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Elements of a building
Every family needs a building to reside. Apart from residential purposes buildings are required for educational, institutional, business, assembly and…
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Types of Ashlar Masonry.
1. Plain ashlar masonry (rough tooled and fine tooled). 2. Chamfered or punched ashlar masonry (rough and fine tooled). Both are similar…
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Specification of stone masonry
Followings are the specification of stone masonry and with Ashlar Masonry is as below: a) The mortar used in work…
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Requirements of stone
a) Appearance and general structure: Stones used for face work should have homogeneous color, should be resistant to weathering agencies and…
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Types of stone used in stone masonry
a) Igneous stones These stones are obtained from igneous rocks, formed from the cooling and solidification of magma generated within…
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Miscellaneous type rubble
Polygonal rubble masonry In this type, stones are hammer finished on the face to an irregular polygonal shape. If stones…
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Dry Rubble Masonry
The construction of this form is similar to that of ordinary rubble masonry without mortar. Dry Rubble Masonry in which…