Testing New Tricks

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Robert Field

Insert Pictures

Patterns in Stretcher Bond

Brickwork Pattern 11 drawn by Anne Dec '10

Brickwork Pattern 12 drawn by Anne Dec '10

Patterns in Flemish Bond

Flemish Bond shows equal numbers of headers and stretchers and can be developed into a range of patterns

Brickwork Pattern 20 drawn by Anne Dec '10

Brickwork Pattern 21 drawn by Anne Dec '10

Brickwork Pattern 22 drawn by Anne Dec '10

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Walker

The following text was taken from page 19 of this book. Reprinted by Kessinger Publishers 2008

Old English bond consists of alternate courses of headers and stretchers, while Flemish consists of alternate headers and stretchers in each course. Old English is the only true bond, the other bonds (and there are several) being merely arrangements to please the eye. Gwilt, referring to bonds, remarks in his 'Encyclopedia of Architecture':

"Previous to the reign of William and Mary, all the brick buildings in this island were constructed in what is called English bond; and subsequent to the reign in question, when in buildings as in many other cases, Dutch fashions were introduced, we regret to say much to the injury of our houses’ strength, the workmen have become so infatuated with what is called Flemish bond that it is difficult to drive them out of it. To the introduction of the latter has been attributed (in many cases with justice) the splitting of walls into two thicknesses; to prevent which expedients have been adopted which would be altogether unnecessary if a return to the general use of English bond could be established."

How would you describe this piece of writing?

Descriptive, Instructive, Persuasive, Informative, Xenophobic, Argumentative, Incorrect, Archaic,
Anti-Flemish, Biased ...

Saturday, 18 December 2010

Profile

Step by Step
Guide of Building
A Corner on the Brick Wall

Gareth Jackson
17. 12. 10

What is the corner of my wall?

Traditionally, the corner of the brick wall is built first because it helps most bricklayers have a guide, to how they will lay the wall plumb and level. Most commonly nowadays, bricklayers lay straight across instead of building corners first. This is why it was most challenging.

Image from: Carillion (2008) Brickwork 2nd Edition page 169

I have inserted this picture to show that the corners still have to be built first, because the profiles need to be attached to something. Once these are fixed, level and to gauge, a line can be set up for the brick courses

How did I build the corner
and why it was the most challenging

First of all, I cleaned up my area and stacked enough bricks for both corners. This is always best so it saves time, which equals more time on the practical part.

Start the corner by laying one brick horizontally to the edge of the blocks. Don't worry if the corner does not hit the line. When checking for plumb, it will most probably be the blocks that are out.

Lol...me and Will built that blockwork!

I used four bricks to build the bottom and another three making an 'L' shape. To start rising, do this again for the second course, but instead of laying the first brick horizontally, lay it vertically on the blocks, which will show what half a brick looks like, when facing your brickwork

Brickwork drawn by Anne Dec 10

I have inserted this picture, to show the brick on the second course is rotated, to ensure the brickwork is half-bonded. If you lay it vertically, you'll get a soldier course

My corner was exactly five courses high with the last three courses rising up, making a pyramid shape. Each mortar gap should be no wider than 10mm or 1cm. Make sure you check every brick is level.

The reason why building the corner is the most challenging is because you are not laying to a line, so it is hard to see if your bricks are out, slanting or level with the other bricks

How could I improve and where would I use these skills?

Next time, the one thing I could have improved is making my mortar gaps to the right measurements. If they are off and one is right, one brick will be laid higher than the other.

I could use these skills in many places, from building garden walls at home to building brick sheds and just normal walls at college or work in construction

This is an excellent piece of writing. Well Done!

Friday, 17 December 2010

Student Work

trying to get an asterix

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use Shift 8
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Trying to get a bullet point
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Photo taken 20th May '10

Just some writting to get the HTML code working properly, with the correct spacing before and after the image as well as no large gaps between my writting and the post provided by the student