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Brickwork

G.3 Generally

1. Particulars of the following shall be given:

a. Kind, quality and size of bricks. PUrpose-made bricks shall be so described.
b. Type of bond.
c. Composition and mix of mortar.

2. Deductions of brickwork for string coUrses, lintels, plates and the like shall be measured
as regards height to the extent only of the fUII brick courses displaced and as regards
depth to the extent only of the full half brick beds displaced.

3. Brickwork in each of the following classes shall be given separately in square metres
stating the thickness:

a. Walls.
b. Filling existing openings.
c. Skins of hollow walls.
d. Dwarf support walls.
e. Projections (measured beyond the face of the wall) of footings and chimney-breasts.
f. Isolated piers and chimney-stacks (grouped together). Isolated piers defined as
walls having a length on plan not exceeding four times their thickness (except where
caused by openings).
g. Battering walls defined as walls of uniformed thickness bUiit battered.
h. Brickwork used as formwork. Temporary stnutting shall be given in the description.
j. Backing to masonry. Cutting and bonding to masonry shall be given in the
description.
k. Refactory brick linings to fiues. Those bonded to sumounding brickwork shall be so
described.
l. Brick damp-proof courses.
m. Work in raising existing structures, stating the starting height above ground at which
the brickwork commences.

4. Projections (measured beyond the face of the wall) of attached piers (whose length on
plan is not exceeding four times its thickness) plinths, bands, oversailing courses and the
like (grouped together) shall be given in metres stating the width and depth of the
projection.

G.4 Thickening existing walls

1 Brickwork of any thickness in each of the following classes shall be given separately.
Cutting and bonding new to existing and extra material to bonding shall be given in the
description stating any special method of bonding:

a. Thickening existing walls (measured beyond the face of the wall) given in square
metres stating the thickness.
b. Projections on existing walls (measured beyond the face of the wall) of attached
piers, chimney-breasts and the like (grouped together) given in metres stating the
width and thickness.

G.5 Tapering walls

Brickwork in tapering walls, defined as walls of diminishing thickness from base to top, shall be
given in square metres stating the average thickness, whether one or both faces are battered
and the rate of batter.

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