Brick damp-proof courses
Two or three courses of dense, semi-engineering or engineering bricks were laid in hydraulic lime and later cement mortar. There […]
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brick
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Stock brick
The term ‘stock brick’ is generally used in the south-east counties of England to describe the London stock brick. This
Glossary
Polythene sheet
Polythene sheet for use as a dpc should be black, low density polythene sheet of single thickness not less than
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Brick and Block Walls
The majority of the walls of small buildings in this country are built of brick or block. The external walls
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Properties of bricks
This is a somewhat vague term commonly used in the description of bricks. By general agreement it is recognised that
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WALLS OF BRICK AND BLOCK
Strength and Stability Up to the middle of the twentieth century the design and construction of small buildings, such as houses,