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There were questions on Hollow Clay brick and the use of bond beams. I was Interstate Brick's Tech Manager and the only way a bond beam could be created was by the mason...where he rips along the length of the brick (flush to each inside face of the face shell and the upper half of the unit's...

The coring size will differ depending on the manf., but the cores serve 2 purposes. First is it allows even firing on the clay mass. The face shell (distance from the edge of the core to the face of the brick) is about 3/4". The distance between each core will be roughly about 3/4" (that...

I worked as a structural engineer in the masonry industry for many years and am technical consultant for the Utah Masonry Council. Brick veneer's weakness is that it is prone to cracking without adequate steel stud backup (l/600). The rule of thumb used is 30 ft maximum between shelf angles...

I am a structural engineer and worked as a technical manager for a clay masonry manf. for 7-1/2 years. 40psf is typical (actually a bit on the conservative side) for "modular" size brick (3-1/2" total brick width). There are some brick sizes that come in 3" widths that would be reduce the psf by...