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Brick dimensions are expressed in construction or technical documents in two ways as co-ordinating dimensions and working dimensions. Coordination dimensions are the actual physical dimensions of the brick with the mortar required on one header face, one stretcher face and one bed. Working dimensions is the size of a manufactured brick. It is ...
In masonry veneer building construction, a shelf angle or masonry support is a steel angle which supports the weight of brick or stone veneer and transfers that weight onto the main structure of the building so that a gap or space can be created beneath to allow building movements to occur.
A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes a unit primarily composed of clay , but is now also used informally to denote units made of other materials or other chemically cured construction blocks.
Roman brick was introduced to the United States by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White. [20] At one time, Roman brick was one of three available brick types in the United States; the other two were "Standard" (dimensions of 3.625 by 2.25 by 7.625 inches (9 cm × 6 cm × 19 cm) [21]) and "Norman (dimensions of 4 by 2.66 by 12 inches ...
Dimensions User Comment; current: 03:25, 13 May 2013: 4,936 × 1,587 (8 KB) Jonathanriley: This is a file showing colour-coded plan and elevation views for brickwork in Double Flemish bond of one brick’s thickness. Bricks in the elevation diagram are accounted for in like colours in the plan diagrams. In the elevation diagram, heading bri...
Dimensions User Comment; current: 04:04, 13 May 2013: 4,936 × 1,587 (10 KB) Jonathanriley {{Information |Description ={{en|1=This is a file showing colour-coded plan and elevation views for brickwork in Single Flemish bond of one and a half bricks’ thickness. Bricks in the elevation diagram are accounted for in like colours in the pla...
Coursed masonry construction arranges units in regular courses. Oppositely, coursed rubble masonry construction uses random uncut units, infilled with mortar or smaller stones. [1] If a course is the horizontal arrangement, then a wythe is a continuous vertical section of masonry [2] one unit in thickness. A wythe may be independent of, or ...
The Template:Brick_chart/Bricks draws bricks for {{Brick chart}}. The bricks are displayed as 1, 2 or 3 bar line segments, depending on the offset and count numbers. Parameters: count - the number (or decimal) to represent by bar line segments; offset - the sum of prior count numbers (can be: 2+5+7.8, etc.)