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INTRODUCTION.
The art of bricklaying is unique in that the fundamental
principles of brick work today are not unlike those exemplified
by the oldest ruins of thousands of years ago. The
bricklayer also stands almost alone, as one who has not been
obliged to compete in his trade with women, with machinery,
or with foreign manufacturers.
Each old country has had its local methods of bricklaying;
but not until the last score of years have bricklayers,
coming to America from all countries, bringing their best local
methods with them, learned from each other and adopted
the best of each others' methods.
The purposes of this book are as follows :
(a) To put in writing that knowledge which has been
handed down by word of mouth from journeyman to apprentice
for generations.
(b) To record methods of handling labor, materials and
plant on brick work that will reduce costs and at the same
time enable the first-class workman to receive higher pay.
c) To enable an apprentice to work intelligently from
his first day, and to become a proficient workman in the shortest
possible time.
TABLE of CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. TRAINING APPRENTICES (Rules 1-40) 1. Number of Apprentices 2. Term of Apprenticeship 3. Tools 4. Teachers 5. Amount of Work Required 6. Methods of Instruction 7. Motion Study 8. System Study CHAPTER II. METHODS OF MANAGEMENT (Rules 47-03) 1. Selection and Grouping of Men 2. Division of Work 3. Athletic Contests 4. Score Keeping 5. Checking up of Work 6. Rewards and Bonuses CHAPTER III. METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION (Rules 04-111) 1. Provision for Material 2. Construction Calendar 3. Adaptation of Method of Attack to the Job in Hand 4. Application of Methods of Construction to a Typical Job CHAPTER IV. ROUTING OF MATERIAL (Rules 112-131) 1. Selection of Transportation Devices and Apparatus 2. Inclined Runways for Horses and Carts 3. Tower for Superintending Job and Giving Transportation Directions 4. Platforms for Receiving Materials 5. Boom Derricks 6. Derrick with Slewing Rig Erected on a Tower 7. Material Elevators CHAPTER V. SCAFFOLDS (Rules 132-104) 1. Selection of Scaffold Best Suited to the Job 2. Various Scaffolds Used on a Typical Job 3. Outrigger Scaffold 4. Boston Scaffold 5. Murray Suspended Scaffold 6. Hanging Bar Scaffold CHAPTER VI. THE GILBRETH SCAFFOLD HOD TYPE (Rules 105-244) 1. Advantages of the Gilbreth Scaffold 2. Directions for Setting Up 3. Platforms 4. Placing of Mortar Boxes 5. Jacking Up 6. Comparison with Other Scaffolds 7. Sequence of Building Different Portions of a Wall 8. Taking Down Horses CHAPTER VII. THE GILBRETH SCAFFOLD PACKET TYPE (Rules 245-271) 1. Advantages of the Packet Type of Gilbreth Scaffold 2. Setting up the Scaffold 3. Platforms 4. Placing of Mortar Boxes 5. Tracks for Packets 6. Regulating the Height of the Scaffold CHAPTER VIIL THE GILBRETH PACKET SYSTEM (Rules 272-296) 1. The Packet 2. Method of Handling Packs from Stock Pile to Bricklayer. 3. Number of Bricks on a Packet 4. Conveying Packet from Platform to Wall 5. Economy Gained by the Use of Packet System CHAPTER IX. METHOD OF BUILDING TALL CHIMNEYS (Rules 297-340) 1. Conveying Bricks and Mortar From Stock Pile to Elevator 2. Elevator 3. Handling of Brick 4. Handling of Mortar 5. Scaffold at the Top of the Chimney 6. Covering of the Well Opening 7. Laying Brick in Round Chimneys 8. Inspecting the Set of the Mortar 9. Protecting Workmen from Falling Brick 10. Typical Example of Methods of Constructing a Tall Chimney CHAPTER X. MORTAR (Rules 341-381) 1. Digging and Loading Sand 2. Screening Sand 3. Amount of Sand to be Used in Mortar 4. Amount of Lime or Cement to be Used in Mortar 5. Handling of Lime Mortar 6. Handling of Cement Mortar 7. The Mortar Bed 8. The Mortar Box 9. Tempering the Mortar on the Stock Platform 10. Covering a Steel Frame with Mortar 11. Deterioration of Wood Caused by Mortar 12. Bedding Long Stones CHAPTER XL BRICKS (Rules 382-430) 1. Relative Qualities of Brick 2. Determining the Absorptiveness of Bricks 3. Ordering Special Shaped -Bricks 4. Profitable Bricks for Arches 5. Wooden Bricks 6. Sizes of Bricks 7. Depressions in Bricks 8. Culling Bricks 9. Wetting Bricks Before Laying CHAPTER XII. BRICKLAYERS' TOOLS, ETC. (Rules 431-473) 1. Short Plumb Rule 2. Long Plumb Rule 3. Jointer 4. Gage 5. Cutting Out Hammer 6. Trowels 7. Set 8. Sharpening Tools 9. Hand Leathers 10. New Devices and Methods CHAPTER XIII. LINES, PLUMBS AND POLES (Rules 474-525) 1. Advantages of a Tight Line 2. Linen Mason's Line 3. Stringing Lines 4. Use of Spirit Plumb Rule and Plumb Bob 5. The Trig 6. Splicing the Line 7. The Story Pole 8. The Plumb Bond Pole 9. Use of Level Marks 10. Use of Grade Marks 11. Sighting for Plumb, Level and Straight 12. Checking of Measurements CHAPTER XIV. MOTION STUDY (Rules 526-600) 1. Importance of Motion Study 2. Classifying Men by Conformity to Prescribed Methods 3. Purposes of Motion Charts 4. Description of Motion Charts CHAPTER XV. METHODS OF LAYING BRICK UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS (Rules 601-636) 1. Laying Brick in Freezing Weather 2. Laying Brick to a Curved Vertical Surface 3. Laying Brick Below Ground 4. Laying Brick Against the Wall of an Adjoining Property 5. Laying Fire Brick CHAPTER XVI. FINISHING, JOINTING AND POINTING ( Rules 637-653) 1. Various Methods of Finishing 2. Preparing the Wall for the Finish 3. Preparing the Joint for Jointing 4. Method of Using the Jointer 5. Marking the Location of the Vertical Joints 6. Marking the Horizontal Joints 7. Painting in Joints 8. Pointing Brickwork CHAPTER XVII. ARCHES AND CHIMNEY BREASTS (Rules 654-717) 1. Selecting Men to Cut Arches 2. Patterns for Arches 3. Method of Cutting Brick for Arches 4. Marking and Packing Brick for Arches 5. Methods of Laying and Bonding Arches 6. Methods of Constructing and Bonding Chimney Breasts CHAPTER XVIII. TEARING DOWN, CUTTING OUT AND PATCHING BRICKWORK (Rules 718-811) 1. Throwing Over Large Sections of Walls 2. Chutes for Disposing of Bricks 3. Methods of Cutting Out Old Brickwork 4. Methods of Filling Joints 5. Filling and Patching 6. Bonding Old Brickwork to New 7. Toothing and Blocking CHAPTER XIX. BOND (Rules 812-074) 1. Definitions of Bond 2. Reasons for Imbedding Brick in Mortar 3. Purposes of Bond 4. Methods of Laying Out Bond for Common "Run of Kiln" Brick 5. Laying Out Bond Around and Past a Pilaster 6. Laying Out Bond Past Openings 7. Laying Out Bond on Plumb Bond Work 8. Laying Out Bond Where Bricks are Culled for Color 9. Laying Out Bond for Short Lengths of Wall 10. Various Methods of Bonding Face Brick to Backing 11. Bonding Various Tiers in Themselves and to Each Other 12. Leveling up Backing to Face Tier of Face Brick 13. Common Bond 14. All Stretcher Bond 15. Flemish Bond 16. Flemish Cross Bond 17. English Bond 18. English , Cross Bond 10. Garden Wall Bond 20. Flemish Spiral Bond 21. Herringbone Bond 22. Laying Out Ornamental Bonds 23. Selection of Bonds Suitable to Decorative Patterns 24. Units Which May be Successfully Used in Ornamental Bonds 25. Gilbreth Bond Charts
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