BRICK
A brick is building the material used to make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
.Checklist For Brick Masonry Wall Construction
1. Use first-class bricks for the wall construction.2. Ensure that brick courses are perfectly horizontal.
3. The site engineer should ensure the verticality of the wall by frequently checking with plumb-bob.
4. Whenever brickwork stopped the wall should be left with the toothed end.
5. Raising walls by more than 1.5 m in one day shall be prevented.
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8. Brick masonry should be regularly cured for 2 weeks.
9. The thickness of mortar joints shall be 10 mm, both horizontally and vertically.
Brick Masonry Construction Procedure
1. Initially, mix the mortar Ratio (1:5 or 1: 6) with water and blend it.
2. After that, place the mortar on foundation line evenly using a trowel 25mm thickness and one brick wide is recommended for laid mortar.
4. Then, lay the first-class bricks in the mortar. Start with second brick, apply mortar to the head joint end of each brick,
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6. Ensure that bricks are plumb and level.
7. Place another mortar line alongside the first course, then begin laying the second course.
8. you can select any type of brick bonds. to proceed next step
8. you can select any type of brick bonds. to proceed next step
9. We Use the two half bricks (English bond) to begin the second to ensure that the first two courses are staggered for structural purposes.
10. To finish the second course of the lead, lay the first class bricks and make sure that they are plumb and level.
11. Lastly, this pattern of bricklaying is used until the target height is reached.
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