Brick Walls Are Probably The Most Common Building Elements In Construction Of A House In India. These Walls Form Basic Units For Creating Rooms That Make Up A House. The Walls Besides Being Space Dividers Are Also Structural Elements That Transfer The Load Of The Roof To The Ground. Brick Walls Are Constructed On Strip Spread Or Raft Foundations That Support The Walls. The Walls Are Constructed Using Bricks And Mortar. These Can Also Be Constructed With Various Structural Qualities And Thicknesses.
Brick Walls Are Constructed By Joining Bricks With Cement Mortar In Arrangements Called English Bond, Flemish Bond Or Rat Trap Bond. These Bonds Give Different External Appearances To The Wall. All Construction Systems Of Brick Walls Are Such Devised That Vertical Cross Joints In Any Layers Are Staggered. The Bricks Thus 0bonded Form A Solid Mass That Does Not Split When The Wall Is Loaded With Live Loads And Dead Loads.
