Masonry skills
By: Richard T. Kreh.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781418037536
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Masonry
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Section 1 : Safety practices, tools, equipment, and basic tool skills.; title: Safety on the job; title: Basic tools of the trade; title: Learning to use the basic tools; title: Related equipment; title: Section 2 : Development and manufacture of brick and concrete block masonry units.; title: Development of clay and shale brick; title: Manufacture of brick; title: Development of concrete block; title: Manufacture of concrete block masonry units; title: Section 3 : Laying brick to a line and building a brick corner.; title: Mixing mortar; title: Laying brick to the line; title: Building the brick corner; title: Section 4 : Mortar and essentials of bonding.; title: The development of mortar; title: Types of mortar and their characteristics; title: Introduction to bonding; title: Traditional structural and pattern bonds; title: Section 5 : Laying concrete block.; title: Laying concrete block to the line; title: Building the block corner; title: Bonding concrete block and rules for bonding; title: Section 6 : Estimating brick and concrete block by rule-of-thumb math and cutting with the masonry saw.; title: Estimating brick masonry by rule of thumb; title: Block masonry; title: Cutting with the masonry saw; title: Section 7 : Masonry practices and details of construction.; title: Building a composite wall of brick and concrete block; title: Cavity and reinforced masonry walls; title: Masonry supports, chases, and bearings; title: Movement joints and intersecting walls; title: Installing anchor bolts, brick corbeling, and wall copings; title: Glass block masonry; title: Section 8 : Scaffolding and cleaning masonry work.; title: Types of scaffolding; title: Safety rules for erecting and using scaffolding; title: Cleaning brick and concrete block; title: Removing various stains from masonry walls; title: Section 9 : Chimneys and fireplaces.; title: One-flue chimneys; title: History, theory, and function of a fireplace and chimney; title: Design and construction of fireplaces and chimneys; title: Multiple-opening and heat-circulating fireplaces; title: Section 10 : Arches.; title: Development of arches; title: Construction of semicircular and segmental arches; title: Construction of a jack arch; title: Section 11 : Concrete.; title: Concrete forms and placing footings; title: Essentials of concrete work; title: Section 12 : Understanding and reading construction drawings.; title: Line and symbol identification; title: The working drawings; title: Dimensions and scales; title: Appendix : Selected masonry projects; title: Glossary