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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 Contracting for a Living Employing Staff Eliminating Waste of Time Cleaning Brick and Blockwork Timber Stains Mortar Stains Vanadium Stain Acid Burn Experiments Further Reading Calculations Using Tables for Calculation Appendix A: Table of Brick Sizes Appendix B: Brick Gauge Glossary Index