Sunday 23 September 2012

Types of Brick Bonds



  • Different Types of Brick Bonds are,

    Stretcher Bond
    Stretcher bond is the commonest bond used today and the least interesting in appearance. It can be made more interesting by laying a course of different colored bricks or to lay such bricks to form a pattern on a wall.



    Stretcher Bond










    Flemish Bond


    Flemish bond consists of alternating headers and stretchers along each course with the headers centered on the stretchers above and below.




    Flemish Bond












    English Bond


    English bond consists of alternating courses of headers and stretchers, with the alternative headers centered over and under the vertical joints of the stretchers.



    English bond















    American Common Bond


    American common bond is similar to the English Bond but the courses of headers are separated by approximately five courses of stretchers.





    American common bond










    .

  • 0 comments:

    Post a Comment

    Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...