Bricks
Insulation Basics – Brick Veneer Walls
This post will help you understand how much heat you lose through walls. A previous post has explained ‘R’ and ‘U’ values When considering insulation a typical Australian brick veneer wall would be: Element R value Outside surface air layer…
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Render or Brick?
Rendering popularity comes and goes……………… However I think “Why pay more for a something that is only going to require painting in the future?” As my old woodworking teacher once told me “There’s nothing wrong with being lazy as long…
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Wall Dimensions Standard Bricks
When you are deciding about building dimensions its better to take into account the size of building materials. With brick veneer being so popular that means the dimensions of the bricks. Make sure that all lengths, are based on either…
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Brick Fences
As I travel around the Melbourne Suburbs I see lots of brick fences……….. A problem with a large proportion is that they have obvious cracks. If you don’t believe me just walk around your neighborhood and look at a few…
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Wall Height – Standard Bricks
The table shows the height of walls based on ‘Standard Bricks’ of 230mm x 110mm x 76mm with 10mm mortar joints. Bricks Wall Height (mm) Comments 1 86 2 172 3 258 4 344 5 430 6 516 7 602…
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Wall Length – Standard Bricks
If you are looking designing at a floor plan it can be useful to think about planning the walls based on brick size. The table below is based on ‘Standard Bricks’ of 230mm x 110mm x 76mm with 10mm joints….
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Ornamental Brickwork
In Australia most brickwork these days consists of large panels of stretcher bond brickwork. Where there are openings it usually spanned by steel lintels giving a square opening. I’ve just shown a few examples of a different approach from my…
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Why Do Bricks Have Holes?
The holes are called ‘Core Holes’ Before ‘Core Holes’ were a thing most bricks has a large surface indentation called a ‘Frog’ So here are some reasons for the holes. Better locking in with the mortar. As the bricklayer taps…
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Front Fence Failure
Generally you don’t have to go far to find a front brick fence falling over like this one. Normally they fall over in the direction of the street. So why is this failure so common? Reasons For Failure People think…
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Patterned Brickwork
What do you think of patterned brickwork? I think it can look well if its used with restraint and understanding. Unfortunately I don’t think this example that I recently saw qualifies. Those triple block features at the window are supposed…
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