Any bricklayers out there?

[Captain Caveman]

I noticed this wall on Google maps. It stood out like a sore thumb because it's built wrong, but why -

 

[fncceo]

I never laid a brick but my ex used to just lay there like a rock.

 

[Thunk]

It looks like each layer of bricks is going the opposite direction.

Laid length wise...then width wise...then length wise again.

 

[Captain Caveman]

It looks like each layer of bricks is going the opposite direction.

Laid length wise...then width wise...then length wise again.

It's built in English bond, a course of stretchers then a course of headers, which is correct.

A clue is, when you come to a corner in English bond.

 

[The Duke]

I never laid a brick but my ex used to just lay there like a rock.

"You treat me just like a piece of meat".
**** you, *****. Meat's cheaper, STFU.

 

[Yarddog]

It's built in English bond, a course of stretchers then a course of headers, which is correct.

A clue is, when you come to a corner in English bond.

In California, we just set a homeless guy on the corner. I like to think hes holding the damn thing up.

 

[Yarddog]

I noticed this wall on Google maps. It stood out like a sore thumb because it's built wrong, but why -

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Does the incorrect structure actually pose a risk of failure? or is the fact that its a short wall mitigate that?

 

[Captain Caveman]

Does the incorrect structure actually pose a risk of failure? or is the fact that its a short wall mitigate that?

No, it's just visual.

When you get to an internal and external corner with English Bond, you reverse the bond.

So the stretchers turn into headers at the corner. That wall is owned by the council, so some useless bricklayer messed up.

 

[Muhammed]

No, it's just visual.

When you get to an internal and external corner with English Bond, you reverse the bond.

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So the stretchers turn into headers at the corner. That wall is owned by the council, so some useless bricklayer messed up.

A scab did it.

 

[American Eagle]

I'm only a goldbrick.

 

[Bootneck]

You criticizing my wall!

 

[Captain Caveman]

You criticizing my wall!

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That house has a cavity

 

[ShahdagMountains]

No, it's just visual.

When you get to an internal and external corner with English Bond, you reverse the bond.

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So the stretchers turn into headers at the corner. That wall is owned by the council, so some useless bricklayer messed up.

The Americans don’t do bricks. (Although the ancient mariners used to use them as ballast when crossing the Atlantic)

Their houses are mostly wood, and the bricks are a stuck-on facade.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Then there are breeze blocks.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The Americans don’t do bricks. (Although the ancient mariners used to use them as ballast when crossing the Atlantic)

Their houses are mostly wood, and the bricks are a stuck-on facade.

Yeah, I was reading up on why they use wood. Apparently just a continuation from colonial days.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Yeah, I was reading up on why they use wood. Apparently just a continuation from colonial days.

They’ve still got loads of it.

 

[Captain Caveman]

They’ve still got loads of it.

We make our garden sheds from wood!!

 

[Missourian]

Thought this thread was about Angel Reese.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Thought this thread was about Angel Reese.

Amazing how wrong you were.

 

[Missourian]

Amazing how wrong you were.