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Masonry Garden Walls

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them on all sides. Spread the mortar first and then place the ties, press-
ing them down into the middle of the mortar.
Double-wythe brick walls can also be laid up in a number of other
bond patterns by turning some of the units crosswise in the wall as
masonry headers. Different patterns can be created by alternating the
header and stretcher units in different ways. The Flemish bond, Eng-
lish bond, and common or American bond are simple patterns (refer to
Figure 5-7). In addition to the decorative effect they add, the header
units hold the two wythes of the wall together instead of steel ties, so
there is no metal in the wall to corrode over time. These decorative
bond patterns recreate the look of historic masonry buildings, so the
style goes well with older homes and with new homes of traditional
design. The English bond pattern uses alternating courses of headers
and stretchers, and the Flemish bond pattern uses alternating stretcher
and header units in each course. There are two alternate ways of form-
ing the corner pattern for Flemish and English bond walls. One is
3
1
called a Dutch corner (Figure 9-7) and uses field-cut 2- and 4-length
units. The other is called an English corner and uses a field-cut closure

3 /4 LENGTH
CUT BRICK
1 /2 LENGTH
CUT BRICK

FIGURE 9-7

Dutch corner bond.

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