Masonry – A built-up construction of building materials as clay, concrete, or stone set in mortar; or plain

concrete.

Different Types of Masonry

Stone Masonry – It is characterized as durable, strong, or weather resistant as stone. Due to its
durability, it will last for a long time. It does not swell, bend, warp, splinter, or dent. And it has numerous
advantages as a material.

A.) Rubble Masonry – Masonry of rough, undressed stones (drawing)

B.) Ashlar Masonry – Squared stones in regular courses. (drawing)

Brick Masonry – It is known to have a good performance because it is done with burnt clay bricks. The
tensile strength is limited. It is commonly used for facing and size, position and number of openings
greatly affects the performance of brick masonry.

A. Common or building brick - for all purposes (drawing)

B. Facing brick – It gives surface characteristics(drawing)
C. Glazed Brick – Smooth outer surface and glossy (drawing)
D. Fire Brick – used in lining of furnaces, fireplaces, and chimneys (drawing)

Block Masonry

Concerete Hollow Block (CHB) – It consists of two or three cells or cores. It is made up of water,
Portland cement, various types of aggregate and crush stone. It is usually used in residential buildings,
schools, churches and other public buildings. The material itself is light in weight and stronger than
bricks.

Types of CHB

Stretchers (drawing)

Headers (drawing)

Corner Blocks (drawing)

Jamb Blocks (drawing)

Beam or Linter Blocks (drawing)

Structural Clay Tile – Open at two ends with partitions. It is characterized with smooth or grooved
surface. It is commonly used for constructing roofs, walls, flooring and fireproofing.

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Gabion Masonry – It is zinc-protected steel that are filled with fractured stone in a medium size. It acts
as a single unit to form a retaining wall. It is a great resistant to horizontal pressure, flood, water flor
from above, frost damage, and soil flow.

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Reinforced Masonry – a construction system where steel reinforcement in the form of reinforcing bars is
placed in the mortar and filled with concrete. This will improve the resistance to horizontal loads like
seismic loads.

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Bagged Concrete Masonry – A low-grade concrete is placed inside a sandbag with water and serves as
artificial stones. It is used to protect the entrances and exits of water conduits where a road passes over
a stream or dry wash, it is also used to save stream banks from erosion.

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