First Class Brickwork Specification
First Class Brickwork Specification
First Class Brickwork Specification
If specified lime surkhi mortar, should be mixed in 1:2 to 1:3 ratio as specified, by
grinding in mortar mill for at least three hours to use on the same day.
Lime should be fresh and should be screened.
Fresh mixed mortar should be used.
For small work, hand mixing may be allowed just as in the case of cement sand
mortar.
Closers should be placed at the end of the walls but not at the other edge.
Best shaped brick should be used for face work.
Mortar joints should not exceed 6 mm or 0.5 inch in thickness.
Joints should be fully filled with mortar.
Bricks should be laid with frogs upwards except in the top brick layer.
In the top course of brickwork, frog should be laid downward.
Brickwork should be done for 1 meter or 3 feet height at a time.
When one part of the wall has to be delayed then stepping should be done at an
angle of 45 degree.
Projections where made should not be more than 1/4th of the brick in one course.
All joints should be raked and faces of wall should be cleaned at the end of every
day’s work.
Brickwork should be protected from the effect of sun, rain, frost etc., during the
construction.
1. Second class bricks work is made by using second class bricks and cement
mortar.
2. These bricks also have the property of first class bricks but are not very regular
or even in shape.
3. Second class bricks have minimum crushing strength 70.kg per sq. meter.