Know your brickwork
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A brick laid lengthways is called a 'stretcher'; the bricks in this wall are laid in 'Stretcher Bond'
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A brick laid endways is called a 'header'; alternate rows of stretchers and headers make 'English Bond'
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This is 'Flemish Bond' where stretchers and headers alternate in the same row
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The lower part of this wall is in English Bond, the newer, upper section is in Stretcher Bond
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This wall has been laid with headers only, to go round a curve
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A moment of eccentricity; a wall laid with stretchers on end
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