BRICK MASONRY

• Stretcher— A masonry unit laid flat on its bed

along the length of a wall with its face parallel
to the face of the wall.
• Header— A masonry unit laid flat on its bed
across the width of a wall with its face
perpendicular to the face of the wall.
Bullnose Brick Cownose Brick
 STRETCHER BOND
• All bricks are
laid as
stretchers on
the faces of
the walls STRETCHER BOND

• Only for wall

thickness half
a brick
 HEADER BOND
• All bricks are laid as headers on the faces of walls
• Pattern is used when the wall thickness is one brick
• Overlap is kept equal to half the width of brick by
using ¾ brick bats in each alternate courses
 ENGLISH BOND
• All wall thickness
• Strongest
• Alt. courses of headers and stretchers
• A queen closer is kept after the first header
in each header course
• No continous vertical joints
ENGLISH BOND
Plan of one n half brick thick wall
Two brick thick wall of English bond
Two brick thick wall of English bond
 FLEMISH BOND
• Each course is comprised of alt headers and stretchers
• Every alt course starts with a header at the corner
• Queen closers are placed next to the header in
alternate courses to develop the face lap
FLEMISH BOND
 FLEMISH BOND

• Double flemish bond

• Single flemish bond
 DOUBLE FLEMISH BOND
• Each course presents the same appearance
both in front face and back face
• Alt headers and stretchers are laid in each
course
DOUBLE FLEMISH BOND- One brick
DOUBLE FLEMISH BOND- One and half brick

(i) Odd courses

 SINGLE FLEMISH BOND
• Comprised of double flemish bond facing and
english bond backing and hearting in each
course
• Uses strength of english bond aand
appearance of flemish bond
SINGLE FLEMISH BOND- one brick
 Garden wall bond:
• It is employed for the
construction of garden
walls, compound walls,
boundary walls etc.
• This wall bond can be
both English as well as
Flemish.