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  1. Facing bond
  2. Header bond
  3. Single Flemish bond
  4. English garden wall bond
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Option 3 : Single Flemish bond

Explanation:

Types of brick masonry bonds:

Type of bond

Properties

English Bond
  1. Alternate courses of headers and stretchers.
  2. Most common and popular bond.
  3. One of the strongest bonds but requires more facing bricks than other bonds.

Flemish Bond
  1. Each course consists of a header and stretchers alternately arranged.
  2. Single flemish consists of a Flemish bond on the face of the wall and an English bond on the back of the wall.
  3. Double flemish consists of a Flemish bond on the face as well as on the back of the wall.
  4. Uses a greater number of brickbats and hence it is economical.
  5. It is of two types: Single Flemish and Double Flemish.
  6. Better in appearance than the English bond.

Stretcher Bond
  1. All the bricks are laid as stretchers.
  2. Used-in half brick thick walls.

Header Bond
  1. All the bricks are laid as headers.
  2. The elevation of the wall is laid in the Header bond.
  3. Used for curved surfaces in work such as well lining or well foundation etc.

Dutch Bond
  1. Modification over the English bond.
  2. Consists of alternate courses of headers and stretchers except every stretcher course start with a three-quarter brick and in every alternate stretcher course the header is placed after the three-quarter brick

Raking Bond
  1. Bricks are laid at some inclination to the face of the wall.
  2. When walls are more than two brick thick becomes weaker in longitudinal strength as the headers being used in the interior of the wall to increase the transverse strength
  3. This defect is removed by using a raking bond (rake means inclination)
  4. Also used for laying bricks on the floor.
  5. Two types of Raking bond: Diagonal bond and Herringbone bond.

 

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