Page 140 - Masonry and Concrete

Masonry Construction Techniques

Number of Number of Number of
brick and concrete Number of concrete
mortar bed block and brick and block and
joint bed joint head joint head joint
courses courses Wall height courses courses Wall length
11
1 2- ⁄16" 1 0'-8"
5
2 5- ⁄16" 2 1 1'-4"
3 1 8" 3 2'-0"
6 2 1'-4" 4 2 2'-8"
9 3 2'-0" 5 3'-4"
12 4 2'-8" 6 3 4'-0"
15 5 3'-4" 7 4'-8"
18 6 4'-0" 8 4 5'-4"
21 7 4'-8" 9 6'-0"
24 8 5'-4" 10 5 6'-8"
27 9 6'-0" 11 7'-4"
30 10 6'-8" 12 6 8'-0"
33 11 7'-4" 13 8'-8"
36 12 8'-0" 14 7 9'-4"
39 13 8'-8" 15 10'-0"
42 14 9'-4" 16 8 10'-8"
45 15 10'-0" 17 11'-4"
48 16 10'-8" 18 9 12'-0"
51 17 11'-4" 19 12'-8"
54 18 12'-0" 20 10 13'-4"
57 19 12'-8" 21 14'-0"
60 20 13'-4" 22 11 14'-8"
63 21 14'-0" 23 15'-4"
66 22 14'-8" 24 12 16'-0"
69 23 15'-4" 25 16'-8"
72 24 16'-0" 26 13 17'-4"
27 18'-0"
28 14 18'-8"
29 19'-4"
30 15 20'-0"
36 18 24'-0"
42 21 28'-0"
48 24 32'-0"

FIGURE-5.3

Modular brick and block coursing.

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