Laying bricks on edge

In this lesson you with Stroy-shkola site learn how to lay face brick on the edge.It should be noted that the façade of any home Capability well decorate, of course when facing the house can be used metal siding under a tree, or the installation of vinyl siding, but in this tutorial we will focus on the exterior house using bricks, we learn how to beautifully laid brick on an edge thatgive the facade of our house an unusual appearance.

masonry bricks on edge

First, we will need to lay out a brick to understand it fits in our opening or not, if the half-brick is not suitable you will have to prune it, note that the crop will have not one brick onhalf, because it would be too much that podpilenny brick and a few bricks to 1 cm, then our masonry will look aesthetically pleasing and visually.

Make seam 8 mm using an ordinary ruler or stick

Thus we first laid with brick with an ordinary ruler or, in our case came plain wooden stick with a diameter of 8 mm.

Put a mark with a pencil

marks are made to understand about what kind of values ​​will be a seam.

Next we will need to pull the cord on which we are going to look exactly whether made brickwork.

pull a cord to be guided by him with the brick masonry

Next comes the stage of immediate brick laying, laying bricks in principle is very simple, we will not tell the basics of masonry bricks, because of this we have already written onsite.But the art of laying bricks on the edge there are nuances - such as bricks on the side of the need to carefully coat with a solution - this is done to ensure that it does not hang over the sides and the rest of it is not squeezed out leaving unsightly seams.

Note that before you start laying the bricks for the masonry is necessary to put a metal rod to the solution does not hang on the edges, and then do not forget to remove it!

lubricate solution with brick side

thus produced and masonry, bricks next course will put a lot easier because it does not have to use a level, and you can focus on the neighboring brick.

Please note that all the bricks are marked by strict lines

And concludes stage of our masonry will seal all seams of a special tool, but you can also use the materials at hand.

The final stage of laying

seals the seams

seals the seams The final stage of laying

Our masonry brick on edge ready!