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Shiner: A brick laid on the long narrow side with the broad face of the brick exposed; Sleeper wall: A low wall whose function is to provide support, typically to floor joists. Slip: A thin cut of brick, [2] sometimes referred to as a tile- used on internal spaces or in cladding systems. Snapped header: A half-bat laid to appear as a header ...
The process of tuckpointing requires that the excess lime putty is cut away from the fine tuckpointed line. This is performed using a Frenchmen [1] knife, a type of knife with a small, sharp, bent tip that allows the lime putty to be cut when guided along the tuckpointed line with a tuckpointer's straight edge. A double Frenchmen knife works by ...
Sailor: Units are laid vertically on their shortest ends with their widest edge facing the wall surface. [1] The result is a row of bricks that looks similar to sailors manning the rail. Shiner or rowlock stretcher: Units are laid on the long narrow side with the broad face of the brick exposed. [6] Brick positions
A reglet is found on the exterior of a building along a masonry wall, chimney or parapet that meets the roof. It is a groove cut within a mortar joint that receives counter-flashing meant to cover surface flashing used to deflect water infiltration. Reglet can also refer to the counter-flashing itself when it is applied on the surface, known as ...
Rustication therefore often reverses the patterns of medieval and later vernacular architecture, where roughly dressed wall surfaces often contrast with ashlar quoins and frames to openings. Regular smooth-faced rustication (left) turns to horizontal banded rustication at the corner of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, England.
A wall constructed in glazed-headed Flemish bond with bricks of various shades and lengths. An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and stretchers. A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
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A brick cut to three-quarters of its length, and laid flat with its short side exposed. Half bat A brick cut in half across its length, and laid flat. Queen closer A brick cut in half down its width, and laid with its smallest face exposed and standing vertically. A queen closer is often used for the purpose of creating a lap. [16]