ALE Review - Building Technology - Brick - 01

brick construction, esp. the art of bonding bricks effectively

• brickwork

• bond

• concrete

• masonry

any of various arrangements of masonry units having a regular, recognizable, usually overlapping pattern to increase the strength and enhance the appearance of the construction.

• bond

• brickwork

• masonry

• concrete

a brickwork or masonry bond composed of overlapping stretchers. also called stretcher bond

• running bond

• common bond

• stack bond

• English bond

a continuous course of soldiers in brickwork.

• soldier course

• stretching course

• heading course

• bond course

a brickwork or masonry bond having successive courses of stretchers with all head joints aligned vertically. also, stacked bond.

• stack bond

• running bond

• common bond

• complex bond

a brickwork bond having a course of headers between every five or six courses of stretchers. also called American bond.

• common bond

• stack bond

• running bond

• complex bond

a masonry unit specially formed or cut to finish a course or complete the bond at the corner of a wall. also, closure.

• closer

• bond

• header

• rowlock

a continuous course of stretchers in brickwork.

• stretching course

• heading course

• bond course

• soldier course

a continuous course of headers in brickwork.

• stretching course

• heading course

• bond course

• soldier course

a continuous course of headers or bondstones overlapping more than one wythe of masonry.

• bond course

• heading course

• stretching course

• soldier course