A manual of face brick construction

Part 10

Chapter 101,643 wordsPublic domain

Percentages, of brick added for bonds 105 of difference in costs 12 Pergola Posts, face brick 31 Persia 6 Peru 7 Pitch for waterproofing 18, 108 Plans and Specifications, prices 40-41 Plastering without furring 24-25 Pointing up wall 24 Porches, bond in walls of 105 of face brick on old buildings 28 Protection, of bricklayers in winter 109 of the day's work 19 Putty, lime 37

Quantities of Materials 104, 107 Quantity Survey 40 Queen Anne, days of 6

Raked Mortar Joint 35 Reinforcing, of pergola and gate posts 32 of tile lintels 26 Relieving Arches 23 Repp, Geo. W., architect 17 Reversal of Plans 40 Rodded Mortar Joint 35 Roman Brickwork 6 Roof, fire-resistive material for 37 point of danger in fire 37 Roof Plate Anchors 20 Rowlock Courses 18, 35 effect on quantities 105 in arches 23 Running Bond 33

Salamanders, use of 109 Sand, handling 108 for mortars 36 Sand-mold Brick 7 Sargon of Akkad 5 Scaffolding 18 Scribing Bead 23 Segmental Face Brick Arches 23 Semi-circular Face Brick Arches 23 Sentimental Value of the house 11 Sewage Disposal 40 Shingle Tile 37-38 Sills, window and door 22 Sizes, common brick 105 hollow tile 25, 106 standard face brick 104 Skewbacks, in arch construction 23 Slaking Lime 37 Slate Shingles 37-38 Slop-mold Brick 7 Slushing Joints 17, 19 Soldier Courses 18, 35 effect on quantities 105 Solid Face Brick Construction 15, 18 Spanish in Mexico and Peru, the 7 Specifications and Plans 40 Splay or Octagon Brick 21 Staff Bead or Brick Mold 23 Steel Lintels 23, 28 Steps, brick 31 Stiff-mud Brick 7 Storage Space 108 Store Fronts Veneered 28 Stretcher Bond 33 Striking Joints 17, 19 Stripped Mortar Joint 35 Struck Joint, the 35 when to avoid 19 Structural Merits of face brick 9 Stucco, veneering old 27 weakness of 16

Tables Architectural Symbols 40 Coefficients for Tile Quantities 106 Comparative Costs 12 Door Frame Sizes 23 Fire Causes 38 Fireplace Openings 29 Flue Linings 21 Mortar Mixes for 1000 Brick 104 Mortar Mixes for 1000 Tile 104 Number Brick per Square Foot 104 Percentages Added for Bonds 105 Tile Sizes 106 Window Frame Sizes 22 Tar, for waterproofing 18, 108 Tempering Mortars 37 Terra Cotta Flue Linings 21 Texture of brick 8 Thickness of walls 18, 111 Tower of Babel 5

Upkeep, see Maintenance

Value of Face Brick House, artistic 11, 16 economic 9, 11 selling or renting 11 sentimental 11 Vaulted or Hollow Brick Wall 24 Veneering, see Face Brick Veneer Vermin Stops, see Fire Stops Vitruvius on elements in architecture 5, 9 V-tooled Mortar Joint 35

Walks and Floors of brick 31 estimating brick for 105 Walls, hollow tile 15, 25 methods of laying 12" 20 solid brick 15, 18 veneer 15, 26 when 8" or 12" 18 Washing down, see Cleaning down wall Wastage, of brick 105 of hollow tile 106 Wastes of War 13 Waterproofing Foundation Walls 18 labor for 108 Water Tables 18 Weathered Mortar Joint 35 Wetting Common Brick 108 Wide Choice, in color and texture 8 Wide Mortar Joint, how secured 36 Window Frames and Sash 22 table of sizes 22 Window Sills, in brick construction 22 in hollow tile construction 26 in veneer construction 28 Wire-cut Brick 7 Withes in chimneys 21 Wood Shingles 37 Work in cold weather 109

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HALF-TONES

Page Frontispiece 4 Brickwork of Old Persian Tomb 6 Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia 7 Face Brick Bungalow, Evanston, Ill. 10 Face Brick Bank, Detroit, Mich. 10 Face Brick Bungalow, Windsor Park, Ill. 11 Face Brick Library, Coatsville, Ind. 11 Face Brick Store Front, Birmingham, Ala. 12 Face Brick School, Highland Park, Ill. 13 Face Brick Store Front, St. Louis, Mo. 13 Face Brick House, Buffalo, N. Y. 14 Face Brick Bungalow, Atlanta, Ga. 15 Veneering over Old Frame 16

ZINCS

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Brickmaking in Egypt 6 Brick Footing 17 Types of Basement Walls 18 Concealed Bond 19 Metal Wall Ties 19 Good and Bad Joist Anchors 19 True Corbeling between Joists 19 False Corbeling between joists 20 Rafters and Roof Plate 20 Chimney Height 21 Chimney Withes 21 Chimney Offset 21 Outside Angle Corners 21 Obtuse Angle Turns 22 Acute Angle Turns 22 The Solid Brick Wall 22 Brick Arches 23 Hollow or Vaulted Brick Wall 24 Face Brick on Hollow Tile 25 Hollow Tile and Steel Lintels 26 Veneer Construction 27 Nail Wall Ties 27 Veneering Old Frame 28 Perspective of Fireplace 29 Cross Section of Fireplace 29 Hearth Edge Set 30 Hearth Flat Set 30 Fireplace Designs 30 Steps, End Set Treads 31 Flat Set Treads 31 Edge Set Treads 31 Pergola Post 31 Fireplace Design 31 Porch or Pergola post 32 Gate Post 32 Bonding Strength 33 Common or American Bond 33 English Bond 33 English Cross or Dutch Bond 34 Flemish Bond 34 Garden Wall Bond 34 Diamond Bond Patterns 34 Checkerboard Pattern 35 Basket Weave Pattern 35 Herringbone Pattern 35 Mortar Joints 35 Pergola 41 Color Plates 42-102 Brick and Mortar Joint 104 Stock Tile Shapes 106

=The American Face Brick Association=

JOHN H. BLACK, President S. C. MARTIN, 1st Vice President B. W. BALLOU, 2nd Vice President R. D. T. HOLLOWELL, Sec.-Treas.

=_Directors_=

B. W. BALLOU T. P. CUTHBERT Kansas Buff Brick & Mfg. Co. Fallston Fire Clay Company Kansas City, Mo. Pittsburgh, Pa.

GEORGE A. BASS W. H. HOAGLAND Hydraulic-Press Brick Company Claycraft Mining and Brick Company St. Louis, Mo. Columbus, O.

H. R. BEEGLE B. MIFFLIN HOOD Beaver Clay Manufacturing Company Legg Brick Company New Galilee, Pa. Atlanta, Ga.

P. B. BELDEN G. B. LUCKETT The Belden Brick Company Crawfordsville Shale Brick Co. Canton, O. Crawfordsville, Ind.

J. H. BLACK S. C. MARTIN Jewettville Clay Products Company Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Pittsburgh, Pa.

W. H. BRECHT D. H. MILLER Boone Brick, Tile & Paving Company Milton Brick Company Boone, Ia. New York, N. Y.

F. W. BUTTERWORTH J. W. MOULDING Western Brick Company Thomas Moulding Brick Company Danville, Ill. Chicago, Ill.

CHAS. C. STRATTON Alumina Shale Brick Company Bradford, Pa.

=_Members._=

ALABAMA

Alphons Custodis Chimney Const. Co. Ragland Birmingham Clay Products Co. Birmingham Stephenson, L. L. Lovick

ARKANSAS

Fort Smith Brick Co. Fort Smith

GEORGIA

Legg Brick Co. Atlanta

IDAHO

Burley Brick & Sand Co. Burley Idaho Pressed Brick Co. Pocatello

ILLINOIS

Acme Brick Co. Danville Alton Brick Co. Alton Barr Clay Co. Streator Decatur Brick Manufacturing Co. Decatur Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Chicago Lacon Clay & Coal Co. Lacon Peoria Brick & Tile Co. Peoria Richards Brick Co. Edwardsville Southern Fire Brick & Clay Co. Chicago Streator Brick Co. Streator Western Brick Co. Danville

IOWA

Boone Brick, Tile & Paving Co. Des Moines Des Moines Clay Co. Des Moines Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Davenport

INDIANA

Adams Clay Products Co. Martinsville Brazil Clay Co. Brazil Brooklyn Brick Co. Indianapolis Crawfordsville Shale Brick Co. Crawfordsville Huntingburg Press Brick Co. Huntingburg Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Indianapolis Poston Paving Brick Co. Crawfordsville Standard Brick Co. Crawfordsville Standard Brick Manufacturing Co. Evansville U. S. Brick Co. Tell City

KANSAS

Cherryvale Brick Co. Cherryvale Coffeyville Vit. Brick & Tile Co. Coffeyville V. V. V. Brick & Tile Co. Neodesha

KENTUCKY

Coral Ridge Clay Products Co. Louisville Sphar Brick Co. Maysville

MICHIGAN

Briggs Company, The Lansing

MINNESOTA

Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Minneapolis Twin City Brick Co. St. Paul

MISSISSIPPI

Brookhaven Pressed Brick & Mfg. Co. Brookhaven

MISSOURI

Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Kansas City Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. St. Louis Kansas Buff Brick & Mfg. Co. Kansas City

NEW JERSEY

Krantz Company, A. M. Paterson Upper Kittanning Brick Co. Jersey City

NEW YORK

Jewettville Clay Products Co. Buffalo

NORTH CAROLINA

Statesville Brick Co. Statesville

OHIO

Acme Brick Co. Marietta Alliance Brick Co. Alliance Belden Brick Co. Canton Claycraft Mining & Brick Co. Columbus Colonial Pressed Brick Co. Mogadore Duro Brick Mfg. Co. Akron Everhard Company, The Massillon Franklin Brick & Tile Co. Columbus Fultonham Texture Brick Co. E. Fultonham Hanover Brick Co. Columbus Hocking Valley Fire Clay Co. Nelsonville Hocking Valley Products Co. Columbus Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Roseville Ironclay Brick Co. Columbus McArthur Brick Co. McArthur Marietta Shale Brick Co. Marietta Stark Brick Co. Canton Straitsville Impervious Brick Co. New Straitsville Toronto Fire Clay Co. Toronto Webster Brick Co. Chillicothe

OKLAHOMA

Muskogee Vitrified Brick Co. Muskogee Pawhuska Vit. Brick Si Tile Co. Pawhuska

PENNSYLVANIA

Alumina Shale Brick Co. Bradford Auburn Shale Brick Co. Auburn Bloomsburg Brick Co. Bloomsburg Beaver Clay Mfg. Co. New Galilee Bradford Pressed Brick Co. Bradford Darlington Brick & Mining Co. Darlington Darlington Clay Products Co. Darlington Fallston Fire Clay Co. Pittsburgh Ferro Brick Co. Watsontown Gloninger & Co. Pittsburgh Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Du Bois Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Philadelphia Kane Brick & Tile Co. St. Marys Keystone Clay Products Co. Greensburg Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay Co. Pittsburgh Kittanning Clay Mfg. Co. Kittanning Kittanning Clay Products Co. Bradford Kushequa Brick Co. Kushequa Latrobe Brick Co. Latrobe Mill Hall Brick Works Lock Haven Milton Brick Co. Milton Penn Brick Corporation Bradford Pittsburgh-Callery Brick Co. Pittsburgh Ridgway Brick Co. Watsontown Rochester Clay Products Co. Rochester Stuempfle's Sons, David Williamsport Vanport Brick Co. Pittsburgh Walker Brick Co., Hay Pittsburgh Walkers Mills Stone & Brick Co. Pittsburgh Watsontown Brick Co. Watsontown Williamsgrove Brick Co. Bigler Wynn & Starr Co. Trafford Yingling-Martin Brick Co. Pittsburgh

SOUTH CAROLINA

Sumter Brick Works Sumter

TENNESSEE

Bush & Company, W. G. Nashville Dixie Brick & Tile Co. Puryear Key-James Brick Co. Alton Park

TEXAS

Acme Brick Co. Fort Worth Elgin-Butler Brick & Tile Co. Austin Elgin-Standard Brick Mfg. Co. Elgin

UTAH

Ashton Fire Brick & Tile Co. Ogden Ogden Pressed Brick & Tile Co. Ogden Salt Lake Pressed Brick Co. Salt Lake City Utah Fire Clay Co. Salt Lake City

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Washington

G. C. Mars, Director of Service Department

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Transcriber Notes

Images were relocated so as to not split paragraphs. Since the floor plan images have the same caption as the architects' perspective renderings, the caption was replaced with Floor Plan.