1st Edition

Brickwork: History, Technology and Practice: v.1&2

440 Pages
by Routledge

Presented in a straightforward and highly readable style, these two volumes offer an in-depth guide to all aspects of brickwork and bricklaying practice. Gerard Lynch has put together these comprehensive and instructive volumes linking past knowledge and practices with modern skills and materials, so that both can be fully examined and understood. Volume 1 begins with a background to the... Read more

Historical development of bricks v Bonding types and applications v Jointing and pointing v The development of brick and the craft of bricklaying v Mixing and use of lime mortars v Traditional footings v Tuckpointing v Matching historic mortars.

Biography

Gerard Lynch