![]() ![]() The brickwork is tied to the inner leaf using stainless steel wall ties or 'butterfly ties'. Where cavity walls are built the brickwork bond will be stretcher bond. Class B bricks are also commonly used in retaining wall situations. Whilst most bricks have a frost proof rating, in wet situations or manholes for example, it is normal to use a class B engineering brick below ground. It is very common for specials to be made of blue engineering bricks thus producing feature courses against a contrasting wall of red or buff brickwork. The types of specials available are as follows: cants, plinth headers, plinth stretchers, bullnoses, squints, angles, taped headers, taped stretchers, square stop ends, copings and cappings. Hand made bricks are common place on most superior housing developments and the excellent architectural features can now be incorporated using the range of 'specials' that are available. ![]() ![]() Ranges of bricks are ever increasingly vast from wirecuts to stocks and flettons. Brickwork has been the material of choice for domestic housing in the UK for many years. ![]()
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