brickwork
Sign in to savethumb|right|Decorative Tudor brick chimneys, Hampton Court Palace, UK thumb|right|One of the buildings of the University of Jyväskylä, from [[Jyväskylä (Finland)]] thumb|right|Courtyard 2, Yemen right|thumb|Polychromatic and indented brickwork in a Mid-Victorian terrace in West London Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar. Typically, rows of bricks called courses are laid on top of one another to build up a structure such as a brick wall.
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- Terminology
- Orientation
- Cut
- Bonding
- Thickness (and leaves)
- Cavity walls and ties
- Load-bearing bonds
- Courses of mixed headers and stretchers
- Flemish bond
- Monk bond
- Raking monk bonds
- Sussex bond
- One stretching course per heading course
- English bond
- English cross bond
- Dutch bond{{anchor|Brickwork#Dutch bond}}
- Two or more stretching course per heading course
- English garden wall bond
- Scottish bond
- American, or common bond
- Only stretching or heading courses
- Header bond
- {{anchor|Stretcher bond}}Running bond, or stretcher bond
- Raking stretcher bond
- One or more stretching courses per alternating course
- Flemish stretcher bond
- Courses of mixed rowlocks and shiners
- Rat-trap bond
- One shiner course per heading course
- Dearne's bond
- Non-load-bearing bonds
- Courses of mixed shiners and sailors
- Single basket weave bond
- Double basket weave bond
- Herringbone bond
- Brickwork built around square fractional-sized bricks
- Pinwheel bond
- Della Robbia bond
- Diapering
- Flemish diagonal bond
- Damp-proof courses
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|Decorative Tudor brick chimneys, Hampton Court Palace, UK thumb|right|One of the buildings of the University of Jyväskylä, from [[Jyväskylä (Finland)]] thumb|right|Courtyard 2, Yemen right|thumb|Polychromatic and indented brickwork in a Mid-Victorian terrace in West London Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar. Typically, rows of bricks called courses are laid on top of one another to build up a structure such as a brick wall.
Bricks may be differentiated from blocks by size. For example, in the UK a brick is defined as a unit having dimensions less than and a block is defined as a unit having one or more dimensions greater than the largest possible brick.