brick bonds: which is the best
brick bonds: which is the best
(OP)
Hi
there are so many different brick bonds (courses)
for me it seams that the "englisch bond" one stretcher one header must be still the strongest
but if, so why are people not using only this type of bond?
why would someone still go for a "running bond" ? (except you have a cavity wall)
or even a stack bod? (in my eyes the weakest of them all)
why not alwys the "englisch bond" ?
Regards
there are so many different brick bonds (courses)
for me it seams that the "englisch bond" one stretcher one header must be still the strongest
but if, so why are people not using only this type of bond?
why would someone still go for a "running bond" ? (except you have a cavity wall)
or even a stack bod? (in my eyes the weakest of them all)
why not alwys the "englisch bond" ?
Regards






RE: brick bonds: which is the best
RE: brick bonds: which is the best
RE: brick bonds: which is the best
Dick
Engineer and international traveler interested in construction techniques, problems and proper design.
RE: brick bonds: which is the best
A general point to consider is that, wouldn't a running or stack bond both, be more economical, labor wise, than virtually any other bond of masonry?
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Architect... but, that is not pretty. Will this other pattern I like work?
Engineer... yes, it will work, but.. followed by a bunch of yadda yadda yadda the architect is not listening too anyway.
Architect... We will use the pretty pattern.
Not once in my career have I been the one to select the brick on a project except for small projects where there was no architect. Now if you can figure out why some architects focus on the details they do, I will send you an award for solving the mystery.