Bonds
Very few of these bonds are used these days, stretcher/running/half bond being the most widely used for most work.
All views are from the face of the wall, the same patterns could be used for paving.
Table of contents
American
Brick on Edge
Chimney-Stack
Dutch
English/Old English
English Cross
English Garden Wall
Flemish
Flemish Garden Wall
Garden Wall
Heading
Herring Bone
Setting out Herring bone bond.
Set it out dry on the ground first and of course allow for joints.
Start in the middle at the bottom of the panel and work out the full bricks first, then the cuts, the cuts can be worked out later on, it doesnt really matter.
For it to look good it has to even both sideways and top to bottom, mark the centre both vertical and horizontal, that way it will all be symmetrical.
Mixed Garden Wall
Monk
Rat Trap
I finally found a place built using Rat Trap Bond, its in Beechworth Victoria, and old gold mining town dating from 1852.
All the bricks are laid on edge with through headers, it must have been the first bond used in an attempt at building with a cavity wall construction.
Its called Rat Trap Bond because it was widely used in Victorian era Britain and rats used to live in the cavity.
Sailor
Soldier
Toothing
Wood Slip
When bonds go wrong.
Here is an example of getting the bond wrong, I came across this when I was doing some landscaping at a house that had just been bricked up prior to me getting there.
The brick panel was 470mm wide, two full bricks with perpend joint is also 470mm wide.
Various
Brick Sill
Brick Sill
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