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    DCC10022 – BRICKWORKS AND CONCRETE LABORATORY

    CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


    DCC10022 – BRICKWORKS AND CONCRETE
    LABORATORY

    BRICKWORK LABORATORY 1 : STRETCHER


    BOND

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    INTRODUCTION
    Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar to build up brick
    structures such as walls. Brickwork is also used to finish corners, door, and window openings,
    etc. in buildings made of other materials. There are two main types of clay bricks: pressed
    and wire-cut. Pressed bricks usually have a deep frog in one bedding surface and a shallow
    frog in the other. Wire-cut bricks usually have 3 or 4 holes through them constituting up to
    25% of the total volume of the brick. Some ‘perforated’ bricks have many smaller holes.

    There are three main categories of use, and both pressed bricks or wire-cut brick types are
    used in all three categories:

    ➢ Facing brickwork is the visible decorative work.

    ➢ Engineering brickwork, (using engineering bricks) often seen in bridges and


    large industrial construction but may also be hidden in ground works where
    maximum durability is required, e.g., in manhole construction.
    ➢ Common brickwork is not usually seen and is used where engineering qualities
    are not required; below ground in domestic buildings and internal walls, for
    instance.

    OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERIMENT

    ✓ In the bricklaying field, the term stretcher bond is a reference to the format and
    standard to which certain types of brick walls are built in order to be stable. Stretcher
    bond is the term given to the repeating pattern the bricks are laid in. This pattern
    includes vertical supports tied in to the foundation of the structure the wall is being
    built on.

    ✓ This type of brick format is used mostly in interior settings because it is only applicable
    in thin-walled settings. As a matter of fact, the stretcher bond wall is only usable in
    the thinnest of brick wall settings. This is because it is only as thick as one half of a
    brick.

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    THEORY
    BONDS
    A wall relies on the way the bricks are bonded for its strength. The vertical joints between
    bricks in adjacent courses must not coincide either on the face of the wall or across its
    thickness. There is a variety of possible bonds. A half-brick wall up to 1m high can be built in
    stretcher or open bond. You should bond in piers (328 x 215mm) at the ends of the wall and
    at a maximum of 1.8m centres. A 215mm wall can be built using either English or Flemish
    bond. Careful cutting is needed at junctions and corners to avoid continuous vertical joints
    through two or more courses of brick.

    STRETCHER BOND
    All bricks are arranged in stretcher course in this bond. The following are some features of
    Stretcher bond.

    ➢ All bricks laid in stretcher course create stretcher bond.


    ➢ This bond is useful for half brick wall/partition walls.
    ➢ There is no header in such walls.
    ➢ This bond does not develop proper internal bond or joint.
    ➢ It should not be used for walls having thickness greater than half brick wall.

    SAFETY AND HEALTH

    WHAT IS A SAFE SITE?


    Many definition of safety have been offered over the years but we prefer that which suggests
    that a construction site is safe when person can go about their normal daily work without
    undue risk. This, we feel, is a realistic definition, for it accepts that there is risk situation in all
    everyday activities and does not pretend that a workplace can be entirely accident proof.

    SAFETY REGULATION
    There are several safety regulations in construction such as wear a suitable clothes like wear
    a helmet, safety boot etc.

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    HELMET HAND GLOVE SAFETY BOOTS

    MATERIALS / APPARATUS / TOOLS


    The basic tools used in masonry are:

    CEMENT SAND WATER STEEL SQUARE

    CHALK BOX PAIL BRICK CHISELS BRICK JOINTER

    TROWEL BRICK MEASURING TAPE LEVEL

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    BRICK HAMMER SHOVEL

    PROCEDURES

    1. When mixing by hand, thoroughly mix the ingredients dry before adding water.The mortar
    should finish an even color. In a concrete mixer, put the water in first, then the sand, the
    cement and finally the lime, topping up with water if needed.

    2. Transfer the mixed mortar to a mortar board. Mortar boards are about one square meter
    and made of waterproof plywood or a light steel plate. Keep the mortar on the board soft
    and pliable by working it continually with the trowel.

    3. Trowel the mortar off the board with a smooth wrist, elbow and shoulder movement.

    4. Using the tip and edge of the trowel drop and move the mortar left, then right on the
    board to get an even consistency.

    5. Using the back of the trowel, move the mortar back across the board to fini sh the mixing

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    MORTAR JOINT TYPES

    DIFFERENT MORTAR JOINTS ARE SHAPED WHILE THE MORTAR IS WET:


    ✓ Flush joint - cut flush with a trowel.
    ✓ Round ironed joint - using a round iron jointer; used in restoration work on Federation
    houses.

    ✓ Raked joint - using an adjustable rake up to 10mm deep; used in house construction.
    Other common types include struck joints and weather struck joints, made by
    running the edge of a trowel along the joint.

    TYPES OF BOND

    STRETCHER BOND

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