BrickCore · Masonry explained
Learn course gauge, brick spacing, arch radius and brick quantity calculations. With worked examples, masonry terms, setting out and PDF cutting templates.
Calculate brick course gauge from brick height and bed joints. Understand why five bricks may contain four internal joints and how to fit whole courses.
Work out brick spacing, header and stretcher modules and internal joint counts. Includes ten bricks with nine joints and guidance for jack arch division.
Calculate a segmental arch radius from span and rise. Locate its centre, draw the intrados and understand why brick spacing follows the arc, not the opening.
Estimate bricks per m² using brick length, height and mortar joints. Includes a worked example, net wall area and separate counting for brick arches.
Transfer calculated brick profiles onto whole bricks. Understand reference edges, top and bottom dimensions, joints and correctly scaled PDF templates.
Understand headers, stretchers, course gauge, springings, rise, intrados and keystones. Plain definitions for reading masonry drawings and arch calculators.
