Articles about Stretcher

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)

Bricks – Size, Dimensions, Names of Parts

Bricks generally conform to very standard dimensions of…
Length – 225mm inc 10mm horizontal joint
Height – 75mm inc 10mm vertical joint
Width – 100mm
However, some bricks are of a different size. During the metric-imperial change over 300mm bricks were produced yet it was discovered they proved difficult to practically use for builders.

A – Stretcher
B – Header
C – [...]

Written by Understood on December 16, 2009 – 3:35 pm | In the Materials section | The post also has the topics , , , , , , , | Comments (0)