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| English Bond L - joint Front Elevation |
English
Bond
is defined as brick bond having a stretcher course and a header course placed
alternatively one over the other. English bond is widely used bond and it
provides very good strength to brick masonry walls.
English
Bond Odd Course
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In the Figure A above layout
of odd course in a English bond brick L-
joint. The odd course has the facing, consisting of stretcher course as shown in the Figure A above.
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Figure
C : L-joint in detail
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Behind the queen closure, bricks are placed
parallel to it such that the outer facing has a course of headers as in Figure D. Each stretcher in
the facing has backing of a stretcher in odd course. Hence odd course appears
similar to facing side as in Figure E.
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Even Course
The even course has the facing,
consisting of Headers placed parallel to queen closure such that we have a course of
headers as shown in the Figure F.
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| Figure H : Layout details in even course |
If we zoom into L-joint, Header in the corner has bricks placed so that the other side has a course of stretchers Figure G in the side.Parallel to queen closure bricks are placed such that we have course of headers here Figure H.
English
bond Bond Odd -Even Courses comparison
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| Figure I : Comparison of even - odd course |
Queen closure placed in the even course beside
the quoin header helps to bring about necessary course lap. Every header comes
exactly in the centre of stretcher below
it. Joints in stretcher course come in centre of headers of the courses above
and below such that sufficient course lap is got here. This is the reason this
bond is considered strongest as compared to other bonds.
English
Bond Isometric View
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| Figure J: Isometric View of the Wall |
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