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Masonry Basics

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1. Rubble and Coursed






2. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






3. Header - stretch - header






4. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






5. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall






6. Stood up rowlock






7. Made in molds taken directly from real stone - Thin material - 1 1/2 Inches think - made of light weight concrete dried to match the coloration - of the authentic stone that its meant to imitate






8. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






9. Stood up rowlock






10. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






11. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






12. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond






13. End of the block






14. SW - MW and NW






15. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






16. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields






17. Are porous






18. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






19. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






20. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel






21. Stretcher - header - stretcher






22. Rock deposited in a molton state






23. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat






24. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline






25. Bigger hole / add rebar






26. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






27. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side






28. Either igneous or sedimentary has been transformed by heat and pressure into a diff types of rock






29. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






30. 1st CO






31. Are large slabs






32. Are large slabs






33. Every other coarse and repeats itself






34. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






35. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick






36. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more






37. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






38. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






39. Header - stretch - header






40. SW - MW and NW






41. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side






42. Stacked on top






43. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)






44. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






45. Running bond every so many coarse






46. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






47. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






48. Made in molds taken directly from real stone - Thin material - 1 1/2 Inches think - made of light weight concrete dried to match the coloration - of the authentic stone that its meant to imitate






49. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall






50. Are porous







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