Articles about Lintel

Brickwork Types and Styles

Brick walls, bonded together using mortar, come in a wide range of different styles and formats.
An all stretcher wall is very common and is made up of entirely stretcher face bricks facing outwards. Occasionally headers may be seen where adjoining walls enter at right angles and the headers bond the walls together.
Usually stretcher walls are [...]

Written by Understood on December 29, 2009 – 1:20 pm | In the Observations section | The post also has the topics , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Arches – Loading and transfer

Early Egyptians and Greeks had only stone lintels, which had a limited tensile strength so distances spanned could only be relatively small. The Romans developed the semi-circular arch. Load is transferred down through constant columns to ground. As the arch is loaded, the stone will tighten up and bear greater load.

Written by Understood on December 1, 2009 – 1:47 pm | In the Materials section | The post also has the topics , , , , | Comments (0)