Lesson 4 - Masonry Units Flashcards
building with units of various materials, natural or manufactured. Usually with the use of mortar as a bonding agent
Masonry
a masonry of unit of clay, formed into a rectangular prism while plastic and hardened by drying in the sun or firing in a kiln
Brick
Methods of Brick Forming
Soft Mud
Sand-Struck
Water-Struck
Stuff-Mud
Dry Process
Methods of Brick Drying
Sun Drying
Kiln Drying or Autoclave
firing brick alternatively with too much or too little air to vary face color
Flashing
rejected due to inferior quality
Cull
Parts of Brick Masonry (WALL)
Wythe or Withe
Course
Range
Closer
Joint (Bed, Head, Collar)
Types of Bricks
Commom Brick
Facing Brick
Firebrick
Types of Facing Brick
FBX - chippage
FBS - wide color range
FBA - non uniform size
Grade of Facing Brick
SW - severe weathering
MW - moderate weathering
NW - negligible weathering
art of bonding bricks effectively
Brick Working
6 types of brick laying
Rowlock
Shiner
Sailor
Soldier
Stretcher
Header
Cut Bricks
Soap
Bat
Types of Brick Working
Brick Laying
Brick Joints
Brick Bonding
Types of Brick Joints
Tooled Joint
Troweled Point
Point or Pointing
Types of Tooled Joint
Concave
V-joint
Raked
Types of Troweled Point
Weather
Flush
Struck
Types of Point or Pointing
Tuck
Tuck and Pat
Bastard
Flat Joint
the arrangement of masonry units
Bond
Types of Brick Bonding
Running Bond
Stack Bond
Common Bond
Flemish Bond
English Bond
Garden Wall
Types of Brick Wall Masonry
Solid Masonry
Composite Wall
supports, strengthens and protects a facing
Backing
ornamental layer which also acts as a protective layer
Facing
non-structural facing supported and bonded to a backing
Adhered Veneer
a veneer secured to a backing using fasteners
Anchored Veneer
Types of Composite Walls
Faced Wall
Cavity Wall
Veneered Wall
Grouted Masonry
Reinforced Grouted Masonry
fluid mortar used to fill narrow cavity into sold mass
Grout
total height to be filled with grout
Grout pour
increment of grout height with in a grout pour
Grout lift
Low-lift grifting
≤ 8” or 6 times grout width
high lift grouting
≤ 6”
rock or piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for particukar purpose
Stone
Production of Masonry Stone
Fieldstone
Dressed Stone
Finished Stone
Dimension Stone
Types of Rock/Stone According to Formation
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous