MEASURING TOOLS

• Tape measure
• Brick ruler
• Try square
 Tape Measure

Flexible tape that slides into a

material case and it is used to measure
irregular and regular shapes.
 Brick Ruler

A Brick Ruler has standard

markings of feet and inches on one side,
and a series of marks on the other side
that help calculate the spacing of bricks.
 Try Square

It is used for measuring the

squareness of a surface and the
right angle of the corner of a
wall.
TESTING TOOLS
• Spirit level
• Line Level
• Plumb bob
• Water tube level
 Spirit Level

It is used for testing vertical and

horizontal surfaces such as a wall,
flooring and other masonry work.
 Line Level

A Line Level is designed to hang on a

mason’s line allowing to level the line.
These will be the appropriate testing tools to
see if the mason’s line are horizontally equal
or balance.
 Plumb Bob

A Plumb Bob is a weighted tool

with pointed tip that is suspended by
a string Tool used to test the vertical
alignment.
 Water and Tube level

It is use to establish level

marks in laying out masonry works.
 LINING TOOLS

• Chalk Line
• Mason’s LIne
 Chalk Line

A Chalk Line is used for making

long, straight lines on a flat surface.
 Mason’s Line

The Mason’s Line is used as a

guide allowing for greater accuracy and
faster laying of blocks and bricks.
Surface Finishing Tools
Two Classification of
Surface Finishing tools

• Float
• Trowels
Different Kinds of Float
• Common float
• Bull float
• Carpet float
• Devil or nail floating
• Angle floating
 Common Float Carpet Float

Devil or Nailing Float Angle Float

Bull Float
 Masonry (Floats)
Floats are widely used in masonry jobs. The
main purpose of using floats is to fill voids, level
ridges, and smooth the surface in preparation for
troweling.
Bull float are designed in such a way that they
are attached to long extension handles so that masons
don't have to walk out on the slab. Bull Float are
efficient in rapid work over large areas, like
driveways.
Different Kinds of Trowel
• Gauging trowel
• Pointing trowel
• Brick trowel
• Buttering trowel
• Edger
• Margin trowel
Kinds of Trowel
 Brick Trowel Margin Trowel

Pointing Trowel Edger

 Masonry (Trowel)

It is used for mixing small

quantities of mortar.
It is used to pickup and spread
the mortar on blocks and bricks.
It is used to work mortar in tight
spaces.
Roughing Up Tools
• Masons Axe or Hammer
• Patent Hammer
• Brick Hammer
• Crandall
• Cross Pen Hammer
• Cold Chisel
• Star Drill
• Bolster
• Wrecking baron
Mason’s Axe or Patent Hammer

A hammer used for dressing concrete

or stone. Having a two metal head used to
drive cold chisel.
 Brick Hammer

A masonry hammer has a square

face on one end for breaking; it has a
sharp edge on the other for cutting. They
are used to split hard bricks.
Crandall

Is a Tool used for dressing

stone and concrete.
A thin plates with sharp
edges, or of pointed steel bars,
clamped together, somewhat in
the shape of a hammer.
 Cross pen Hammer

Cross pen hammer used by blacksmith to complete

the metal work. The wedge-shaped end of the hammer
allows you to make the metal fuller when use with heat.
The main function of a cross pen hammer is
forging and riveting.
 Cold Chisel

This tool used to help cut through stone, brick and

metal.
Are used to cut rivets, to split nuts or bolts that refuse
to come loose, or to break castings.
 Star Drill

Star drill are design to create hole in masonry work

like brick, stone, and concrete.
Star drill are for hand use only. They are not to be
use power drilling equipment.
 Wrecking bar

Is a small crowbar with a claw for

pulling out nails at one end and a slight
bend for prying at the other end.
 Hack saw

It is used to cut excess metal

after laying out the blocks and
bricks.
 Shovel

Is a tool for digging, lifting, and moving

bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow,
sand, and more.
It also used for mixing concrete and mortar.
 Wheel barrow

A small cart with single wheel at the front and

two supporting legs, and two handles at the rear.
It is used for carrying loads in building-work
or gardening, such as soil, gravel, and other heavy
materials.
Concrete mixer

Is a device that
homogeneously combines
cement, aggregates such as
sand, gravel, and water to
form a concrete.
 Activity
In 1 whole sheet of pad paper
1. Choose at least 10 different kinds of
masonry tools and explain their uses based
on your own understanding.
2. Essay (not least than 50 words)
How does masonry tools very important in
masonry works.
Answer briefly and precisely.
 HAZARDS AND
TYPES OF PPE TO
BE USED
1. EYES- GOGGLES

• Special eyeglasses that fit close

to your face and that are worn to
protect your eyes.
Hazards: chemical or metal splash,
dust, projectiles, gas and vapor and
radiation.
2. HEAD- HARD HAT

• A hat that is worn by workers at

a building site to protect their
heads from falling objects.
Hazards: impact from falling of
flying objects, risk of head
bumping, hair entanglement.
3. BREATHING- MASK

• A device covering the mouth

and nose to facilitate
inhalation.
Hazards: dust, vapor, gas,
oxygen-deficient atmospheres.
4. PROTECTING THE BODY- OVERALL CLOTHES

Hazards: temperature extremes,

adverse weather, chemical or metal
splash, spray from pressure leaks or
spray guns, impact or penetration,
contaminated dust, excessive wear or
entanglement of own clothing.
5. HANDS AND ARMS- GLOVES

• A covering for the hand that has

separate parts of the finger.
Hazards: abrasion, temperature
extremes, cuts and punctures,
impact, chemicals, electric shock,
skin infection, disease or
contamination.
6. FEET AND LEGS

Hazards: wet, electrostatic build-up,

slipping, cuts and punctures, falling
objects, metal and chemical splash,
abrasion.
Types of Masonry
1.Veneer Masonry
2.Solid Masonry
3.Brick Masonry
 Veneer masonry
It is used for decorative purposes. This
type of masonry uses numerous pieces that
are fitted around another structure.
 Solid masonry
Does not need any kind of supportive structure or
reinforcements. Such walls can easily be destroyed
because there are no reinforcements.
 Brick masonry
Is the most popular and type of masonry work and
also is perfect for any kind of wall. It is durable and
can withstand strong earthquakes.
 Masonry (mixture)
Concrete- it is a mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water.
-it is an artificial stone used for making concrete floor
called Slab.
Mortar- it is a mixture of cement, sand and water.
- plastering walls. Used for making hollow blocks.
Grout- it is a mixture of cement and water.
- finishing walls. Used to obtain flat surface of the wall.