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Working dimensions is the size of a manufactured brick. It is also called the nominal size of a brick. Brick size may be slightly different due to shrinkage or distortion due to firing, etc. An example of a co-ordinating metric commonly used for bricks in the UK is as follows: [4] [5] [6] Bricks of dimensions 215 mm × 102.5 mm × 65 mm;
[4] [5] Shapes included square, rectangular, triangular and round, and the largest bricks found have measured over three feet in length. [6] Ancient Roman bricks had a general size of 1½ Roman feet by 1 Roman foot, but common variations up to 15 inches existed. Other brick sizes in Ancient Rome included 24" x 12" x 4", and 15" x 8" x 10".
The 2:1 ratio of modular bricks means that when they turn corners, a 1/2 running bond is formed without needing to cut the brick down or fill the gap with a cut brick; and the height of modular bricks means that a soldier course matches the height of three modular running courses, or one standard CMU course.
A wythe may be independent of, or interlocked with, the adjoining wythe(s). A single wythe of brick that is not structural in nature is referred to as a masonry veneer. A standard 8-inch CMU block is exactly equal to three courses of brick. [3] A bond (or bonding) pattern) is the arrangement of several courses of brickwork. [2]
Comparison house brick size: Image title: Comparison of typical house brick sizes of assorted countries with isometric projections with nominal dimensions are in mm by CMG Lee. Width: 100%: Height: 100%
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Manual brick manufacture. Illustration from Louis Figuier, Les merveilles de l ' industrie (1879).. The word "brick" may be of Dutch origin. [2] [3] A 1901 dictionary of architecture defines "brick" as "a regularly shaped piece of clay hardened in the sun or by the heat of a kiln and intended for building; commonly one of very many pieces of uniform size".
If a masonry or steel frame exists, the maximum area of the wall can be 144 square feet (13.4 m 2), whereas the maximum area without a frame is 100 square feet (9.3 m 2). [ 5 ] The William Lescaze House and Office at 211 East 48th Street in New York City, built in 1934, was the city's first house to use glass blocks as walls.