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Whether you're a trade apprentice seeking to sharpen your skills, a veteran
craftsman or contractor with years of experience, or a homeowner wanting to try
your hand, you'll find all the information you need in this complete guide to
bricklaying. Written by a pro with over 25 years in the field, Bricklaying
features:
Over 560 technical drawings and diagrams illustrating technique and clear
text to guide you every step of the way.
Skill-building projects with start-to-finish instructions.
Electricity and plumbing integration in brick construction.
Solutions and preventive methods for high-wind concerns in cavity
brickwork.
Table for calculating how many bricks are needed for a job.
Brick design for handicap access.
Engineering properties.
Essential topics such as damp-proofing, repairing and cracking, mortar,
window and door cutting, cleaning brick, and much more.
All measurements featured in metric and imperial (US) standards. 320 pp.
Bricklaying - Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Part I: Brickwork -- The Basics
Introduction
Electricity
Bricks
Mortar
Tools
Bond
Cutting Bricks with a Bolster or Saw
Poor Bonding
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
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
Scaffolding
Introduction
Using the Brick Elevator
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
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
Miscellaneous Applications
Curved Walls
Squint Corners
Laying Hard Up Underneath Ant Cap From the Outside
Removal of Chipped or Cracked Bricks from Existing Brickwork
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
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
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
Arches
Setting Up
Arch Forms
Bay Windows
Introduction
External Brick Corners on Bay Windows
Setting up Profiles
Running Back to a Door Frame in a Veneer Situation
Suspended Slab
Using Brickwork for Formwork
Fireplace Construction
Setting Out
Forming the Throat
Smoke Box
Constructing the Flue
Position of the Fireplace in a Dwelling
Fireplace without Splayed Sides Internally
Fitting a Damper
Brick Hearth
Chimney Stack
Woodbox
Two-Story Fireplace Construction
Back-to-Back Fireplace
Fireplace Size
Fireplace Opening
Fireplace Problems--Too Much Smoke
Repairing and Replacing
Repairing Cracks in Brickwork
Cracking Above Doors and Windows
Soldier Courses
Part III: Brickwork--Special Effects and Projects
Construction of a Brick Kitchen
Bars
Barbeques
Conventional Brick Barbeque--560 bricks
Alternative Barbeque Design
Construction of a Combined Brick Letterbox and Planterbox
Honeycomb Brickwork
Glass Bricks
Brick Steps
Using a Trammel
Bricking in a Round Window
Bulleye Arch
Spiral Piers
Inverted Arch
Construction of Wood-Fuel Hot-Water System in Brick
Brick Compost Bin Construction
Spiral Arch Waterfall
Mandala (Spiritual Circle)
Part IV: Brickwork--Tips and Tricks
Finishing Off
Quoting and Calculating the Number of Bricks in a Construction
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