参赛组别：高职高专英语组 参赛选手：吕颖 作品标题：砖墙的组砌方式 - The Different Bonds of Brick Walls

length Basic Information of Bricks Different Bonds of Brick Walls Specifications in Constructing

length width height

length ＝ 240mm width ＝ 115mm height ＝ 53mm Co-ordinating principle: the length ＝ the width of two bricks + a mortar joint width

broad face 大面 long narrow side 条面 short end 丁面

Orientation stretcher( 顺砖） A brick laid on its broad side, with its long narrow side exposed header （丁砖） A brick laid on its broad face, with its short end of the brick exposed.

Orientation soldier （立砖） A brick laid vertically with the long narrow side of the brick exposed. rowlock （竖砖） A brick laid on the long narrow side with the short end of the brick exposed.

bonds Ways of bonds specifi- cations Different Bonds of Brick Walls

bonds bed joint （ 平缝） course ( 皮 砖 ) mortar( 灰泥 8- 10mm) head joint/perpend ( 竖缝）

stretcher bond 顺砖砌合法 thickness: half- brick thick orientation of the bricks: stretchers bed joints: horizontal line head joints: staggered 1/2 brick joints

English bond （一顺一丁砌合法） orientation of the bricks: one course of stretchers and one course of headers thickness: one-brick thick bed joints: horizontal line head joints: staggered 1/4 brick joints

Flemish bond （梅花丁砌合法 ） orientation of the bricks: two stretchers and one header in one same course thickness: one-brick thick bed joints: horizontal line head joints: staggered 1/4 brick joints

damp-proofing load bearing expenses aesthetics 180mm 370mm

Specifications The wall should be horizontally and vertically straight The bed joints and head joints are not to exceed 10 mm in thickness All the head joints should be staggered in successive courses.