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The art and craft of a building, fabricating stone, clay, brick, or concrete block |
masonry construction |
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consist of modular building block bonded together with mortar to form walls thatvare durable, fire resistant, and structurally efficient in compression |
masonry walls |
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masonry walls can be constructed as what? |
solid walls cavity walls veneered walls |
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laid contiguously with all joints filled with mortar and adjacent wythes bonded by masonry headers and mental ties |
solid walls |
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wall having a facing and backing completely separated except for metal ties and enclpsing an inner space serving to prevent penetration of water |
cavity walls |
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having a non structural facing attached but not bonded to a supporting structure |
veneered walls |
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wall having a facing and backing completely separated except for metal ties |
cavity walls |
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having a non structural facing attached but not bonded to a supporting structure |
veneered walls |
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unreinforced masonry wall is also called what? |
plain masonry wall |
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incorporate horizontal joint reinforcement and metal walls |
unreinforced masonry wall |
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utilize steel reinforcing bars embedded in grout, filled joints and cavities to aid tje masonry in resisting stress |
reinforced masonry walls |
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types of masonry units |
bricks concrete blocks mortar |
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most common types of masonry unit heat-hardened clay unit |
bricks |
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chemically hardened units good in compression, but brittle and weak in tension |
concrete blocks |
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a plastic mixture of cement or lime, or combination of both, with sand and water, used as bonding agent in masonry construction |
mortar |
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types of mortar according to material constituency |
cement mortar lime mortar cement-lime mortar masonry cement |
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made by mixing portland cement, sand and water |
cement mortar |
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a mixture of lime, sand, and water tjat is rarely use because of its slow rate of hardeing and compressive strength |
lime mortar |
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a cement mortar to which lime is added to increase its plasticity |
cement-lime mortar |
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a proprietary mix of portland cement and other ingredients, as hydrated lime, plasticizers, air-entertaing agents, and gypsum, requiring only addition of sand and water to make cement mortar |
masonry cement |
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types of mortar according to strength |
type m mortar type s mortar type n mortar type o mortar type k mortar |
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high strength mortar recommended for use in reinforced masonry below grade or in contact with the earth, as foundation and retaing walls subject to high lateral or compressive loads |
type m mortar |
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compressive strength of type m mortar |
2500 psi |
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medium high strength mprtar recommended for use in masonry where bond and lateral strength are more important than compressive strength |
type s mortar |
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compressive strength of type s mortar |
1800 psi |
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medium strength mortar recommended for general use in exposed masonry above grave where high compressive and lateral strength are not required |
type n mortar |
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compressive strength of type n mortar |
750 psi |
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low strength mortar suitable for use in interior non load bearing walls and partitions |
type o mortar |
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very low strength mortar suitable only for use in interior non load bearing walls where permitted by the building code |
type k mortar |
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a masonry unit of clay, formed into a rectangular prism while plastic and hardened by drying in the sun or firing in a kiln |
brick wall construction |
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a furnace or a oven for burning, baking, or drying |
kiln |
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laid horizontally in a wall with the longer edge exposed or parallel to the surface |
stretcher |
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laid horizontally in a wall with the shorter end exposed or parallel to the surface |
header |
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laid horizontally on the longer edge with the shorter end exposed |
rowlock |
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rowlock is also called what? |
rollock |
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laid vertically with the longer face edgw exposed |
soldier |
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laid vertically with the broad face exposed |
sailor |
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shiner is also called what? |
bull stretcher |
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laid horizontally on the longer edge with the broad face exposed |
shiner |
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types of bricks terms |
stretcher header rowlock soldier sailor shiner |
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concrete hollow blocks wall construction is also called what? |
concrete bock or cement block |
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consisting of portland cement and suitable aggregates combined with water lime, fly ash, air-entraining agents, or other admixtures may be included |
concrete hollow blocks wall construction |
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types of concrete hollow blocks (CHB) |
stretcher block corner block double corner or pier block bull nose block jamb block beam or lintel block partition block |
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a concrete masonry unit having nominal dimension of 8" by 16" |
stretcher block |
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having solid end face and used in constructing the end or corner of a wall |
corner block |
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having solid faces at both ends and use in constructing masonry pier |
double corner or pier block |
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jamb block is also called what? |
sash block |
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having an end slot or rabbet to receive the jamb of a door or window frame |
jamb block |
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have depressed section in which reinforcing steel be placed for embedment in grout |
beam or lintel block |
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used in comstructing non-load bearing walls, usually having nominal thickness of 4" by 6" |
partition wall |
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layout |
nagaasinta |
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latag |
nakapagasintada |
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hookbars (abang) |
below ground |
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dowels (abang) |
above floors |
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a strip of reinforced concrete wider than the wall which distributes the load to the soil |
all footing |
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types of common CHB bond |
running and stack bond |
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methods of laying out of CHB |
1 . layout of wall footing for excavation 2. check excavation 3. gravel bed 4.laying of wall footing bars 5. spacers 6. hook bars and dowel bars 7. check wall footing RSB 8.puring of wall footing 9. curing 10. CHB Laying |
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concrete masonry units |
Laying out of CHB joints stiffener columns and beams lintel beams concrete slab on grade composition of SOG concrete slab on grade joints grade beams |
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atleast 10mm to 25mm grout |
joints |
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CHB partition walls area ideally supported against lateral movements vertically by |
stiffener columns and beams |
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a horizontal structural member over an opening which carries the weight of the wall above |
lintel beams |
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it requires the support should be level, stable, uniformly dense or properly compacted soil base containing no organic matter |
concrete slab on grade |
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a welded wire fabric reinforcement set or slightly above the mid-depth of the slab to control thermal stresses, shrinkage cracking and slight differential movement in the soil bed |
composition of SOG |
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types of concrete slab on grade joints |
isolation joint construction joint control joint |
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also called expansion joint |
isolation joint |
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isolation joint is also called what? |
expansion joint |
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allow movement to occur betweena concrete slab and adjoing columns and walls of a building |
isolation joint |
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also called isolation joint or control joint |
construction joint |
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construction joint is also called what? |
isolation joint or control joint |
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provide a place for construction to stop and contribute at later time |
construction jo9int |
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create lines of wealness so that the cracking hat may result from tensile stresses occurs along predetermined lines |
control joint |
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part of a foundation system, which supports the exterior wall of the superstructure, commonly designed as a beam which bears directly on the column footings or may be self-supporting |
grade beam |
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classification of masonry walls |
reinforced masonry walls unreinforced masonry walls |
