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  2. Brick - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, modern standard bricks are specified for various uses; [47] The most commonly used is the modular brick has the actual dimensions of 7 + 5 ⁄ 8 × 3 + 5 ⁄ 8 × 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (194 × 92 × 57 mm).

  3. Brickwork - Wikipedia

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    A leaf is as thick as the width of one brick, but a wall is said to be one brick thick if it as wide as the length of a brick. Accordingly, a single-leaf wall is a half brick thickness; a wall with the simplest possible masonry transverse bond [definition needed] is said to be one brick thick, and so on. [21]

  4. Load-bearing wall - Wikipedia

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    A load-bearing wall or bearing wall is a wall that is an active structural element of a building — that is, it bears the weight of the elements above said wall, resting upon it by conducting its weight to a foundation structure. [1] The materials most often used to construct load-bearing walls in large buildings are concrete, block, or brick.

  5. Masonry - Wikipedia

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    Masonry repair work done to a brick wall. The wide selection of brick styles and types generally available in industrialized nations allow much variety in the appearance of the final product. In buildings built during the 1950s-1970s, a high degree of uniformity of brick and accuracy in masonry was typical.

  6. Clinker brick - Wikipedia

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    Base for the different formats is the normal format (NF) with length 240 millimetres (9.4 in), width 115 millimetres (4.5 in) and height 71 millimetres (2.8 in). For facade layouts architects also order clinkers produced in special dimensions.

  7. Course (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    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] The corners of a masonry wall are built first, then the spaces between them are filled by the remaining courses. [4]

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  9. Roman brick - Wikipedia

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    At one time, Roman brick was one of three available brick types in the United States; the other two were "Standard" (dimensions of 3.625 by 2.25 by 7.625 inches (9 cm × 6 cm × 19 cm) [21]) and "Norman (dimensions of 4 by 2.66 by 12 inches (10 cm × 7 cm × 30 cm) [22])."