Meet your new best friend...Technical Notes from the Brick Industry Association

Quick…what’s the most stable brick bond pattern? Which type of mortar has the highest compressive strength? What’s the maximum recommended distance between vertical expansion joints on a brick facade?

How many answers did you have off the top of your head? None? Congratulations, you’re human. As an architect or designer you have a lot going on in your head. Let us save you some brain space. All you need to remember is that clay brick is unmatched when it comes to beauty, design flexibility, permanence, and sustainability. For the rest, go to the Technical Notes!

The Brick Industry Association’s extensive collection of Technical Notes is its most accessed and relied-upon resource, covering virtually every question you might have about brick design and construction. Topics covered in the Notes range from choosing the perfect bond pattern to complying with energy codes. And, the Notes are updated by staff engineers and architects as innovations occur and market conditions change.

Here’s just a sampling of what’s available:

6 Painting Brick Masonry
10 Dimensioning and Estimating Brick Masonry
15 Salvaged Brick
17 Reinforced Brick Masonry
27 Brick Masonry Rain Screen Walls
30 Bonds and Patterns in Brickwork
31 Brick Masonry Arches
36A Brick Masonry Details, Caps and Copings, Corbels and Racking
43 Passive Solar Heating with Brick Masonry
48 Sustainability and Brick

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