#brick bond

[faoithin]

Chimney

Edwin Lutyens

[mkarc]

A VERY INDIAN BRICK BOND

A 1 ½ brick bond we developed for our project at Kanha. For the load bearing ground + 1 structure with corner reinforcements within the walls.

Salient Features:

1.Efficient joint breakage vertically and laterally.

2. Less wastage of bricks

3. Gaps for continuous hidden reinforcement within the wall.

4. Amazing wall pattern for a great exposed brick structure.

Approved by our structural engineer -Himanshu Tulpule.

Eventually though, they didn’t use it for the masonry on site. It requires some additional supervision initially. The local labour decided to proceed with a bond they knew better - The tried and tested ‘English Bond’