Bricklaying

This text provides a guide to bricklaying for the homeowner, trade apprentice, craftsman and contractor. Over 560 technical drawings and diagrams illustrate technique and how-to. The book includes projects in addition to skills and fundamental processes. Key features of the book include: step-by-step how-to text and illustration; projects with start-to-finish guidance; description of integration of electricity and plumbing in brick construction; solutions and precautions to high-wind concerns in cavity brickwork; tables which calculate how many bricks to a job; coverage of handicap brick design; discussion of engineering properties; explanation of such topics as damp-proofing, repairing and cracking, mortar, window and door cutting, and cleaning brick; and the provision of both English and metric measurements.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Part I: Brickwork -- The Basics Chapter 1: Introduction Electricity Bricks Mortar Tools Bond Cutting Bricks with a Bolster or Saw Poor Bonding Chapter 2: Introductory Skills Holding the Trowel Knocking Up a Mortar Board Picking Up Mortar from the Board Throwing Out a Mortar Bed Grasping the Brick Buttering the Perpend Buttering the Back Perpend Laying Bricks Laying Bricks Working Forward Finding the Bond Vertically Gauging Brickwork for Length Gauging Brickwork for Height Chapter 3: Setting Out the Job Introduction Construction Site Set Out Corners Internal Corners Moving up in Stepping Foundations Working Out Window and Door Heights Brickwork and Meeting upwith Soffits Window Heights Brickwork in Difficult Situations Gauging Windows in Difficult Positions Window and Door Sills Tricks of the Trade Making Sure Doors are Plumb, Level, and Square Laying of the Sill (Brick Veneer Sills) Buttering of Sill Bricks Gauging Difficult Sills Justifying a Gauge Toothing Corners Bonding Internal Walls Tingle Piers Bonding Engaged Piers with Queen and King Closures Chapter 4: Scaffolding Introduction Using the Brick Elevator Chapter 5: Cavity Brickwork Introduction Construction of a Cavity Brick Base Laying Cavity Brickwork Structurally Bond Beams on Cavity Brickwork Cavity Brickwork--Used to Retain Using Blocks as Beams Inside Replacing Cleaning Eyes with Closures Chapter 6: Full Brickwork Fitting a Power Meter Box into 8" (200 mm) Brick Wall Bricking Up to Installed Boxes Using a Meter Box Bracket Fitting Plumbing and Electrical into Full Brick Construction Chapter 7: Miscellaneous Applications Curved Walls Squint Corners Laying Hard Up Underneath Ant Cap From the Outside Removal of Chipped or Cracked Bricks from Existing Brickwork Chapter 8: Damp Proof Courses Introduction Fitting DPC into Raked Ceilings Fitting DPC into Single-Skin and Brick Veneer Fitting DPC over Windows and Doors Replacing Damp Course in Brickwork Weep Holes Chapter 9: Blocklaying Introduction Laying the Bed Joint for Blocks Laying Concrete Blocks Block Window Sills Fitting DPC at Floor Height or Below Setting up Profiles on Clay or Concrete Blockwork Working from the Inside Set out Vertical Steel Fittings and Clay Blocks Fitting of Steel Fitting Windows KO Beam over Openings Window and Door Heads of Clay or Concrete Block Fitting Steel Door Frames in Concrete or Clay Blockwork Constructing Block Retaining Walls Rebating to Allow Wall Drainage Part II: Advanced Construction Chapter 10: Introduction to Advanced Construction Lintel Construction Arch Supports Cutting Brickwork on the Rake Brick Ramp and Adjoining Steps Brick Miter Box Miter Corners Brick Cap for 11 1/4" (350 mm) Piers Fitting Ant Capping Working Out a Brick, Block, or Clayblock Gable Without Trusses in Place Setting Up for Uneven or Sloping Sites Using a Calculator Chapter 11: Arches Setting Up Arch Forms Chapter 12: Bay Windows Introduction External Brick Corners on Bay Windows Chapter 13: Setting up Profiles Running Back to a Door Frame in a Veneer Situation Chapter 14: Suspended Slab Using Brickwork for Formwork Chapter 15: Fireplace Construction Setting Out Forming the Throat Smoke Box Constructing the Flue Position of the Fireplace in a Dwelling Fireplace without Splay

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