ACME BRICK COMPANY

ACME BRICK COMPANY

POCKET GUIDE TO BRICK CONSTRUCTIONTM

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Technical Services Department P.O. Box 425 ? Fort Worth, TX 76101-0425 ? (817) 332-4101

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Table of Contents

Useful Online Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Brick Position Nomenclature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Estimating Area and Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Common Brick Sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 ASTM Specification Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17 ASTM C-216 and C-652 Condensed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Brick Size and Weight Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Cost Comparison: King Size v. Modular Brick. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Brick Manufacturing Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Mortar Joints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Mortar & Grout Proportions by Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-24 Mortar Cost Calculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-29 Guide for the Selection of Masonry Mortars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Mortar Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Special Shapes (Acme's Philosophy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-34 Special Shapes Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Special Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-77 Traditional Bond Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Brick Paving Bond Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Cleaning and Sealing Pavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-80 Cleaning and Product Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-88 Brick Veneer: Steel Studs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Flashing and Weep Holes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Tie Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Recommended Minimum Corrosion Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Wall Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-94 Fireplaces and Chimneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-96 Steel Lintels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-98 Galvanized-Sheet Gage, Reinforcing Bars & Wire Info. . . . . . . 99 Cold Weather Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Thermal Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Loadbearing Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Contemporary Design Criteria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103-104 King Size Brick Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105-110 Queen Size Brick Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111-116 Estate Size Brick Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117-122 Modular Size Brick Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-129 Utility Size Brick Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Glossary of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131-157 Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158-160

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