GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN BRICK MASONRY

1. The bricks used should be hard, well burnt and tough with uniform colour, shape and size.
2. The bricks should be laid on their beds with the frogs pointing upwards.
3. The courses should be truly horizontal and should have truly vertical joints.
4. Use of brickbats should be avoided to the maximum possible extent.
5. Generally, the height of the brick masonry construction in a day is limited to 1.5 m.
6. In order to ensure continuous bond, the walls should be stopped with a toothed end at the end of each stage of construction.
7. Finished brickwork should be cured for at least 2-3 weeks where lime mortar is used and for 1-2 weeks where cement mortar is used.

 

Estimated Quantities of Materials Required Per Cubic Metre of Brickwork

 

Assumption is that one cubic metre of brick masonry is made of 70 per cent bricks and 30 per cent mortar