Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Nov 10, 2010 6:10 am Can anyone (brickies especially) tell me if it is okay to have Austral armaclay (horinzontally cored) bicks layed without vertical joints/morta/perpends in between them? The only benefits I see it on the builders side... less mortar used save on material used and quicker cause no need to mess with vertical joins. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Internal Bricking Standards 2Nov 15, 2010 12:04 am Was talking to my brickie just last week about this. That is the way they are supposed to be laid. Plasterers float gets pushed into the perp joints. Doesn't look good but standard practise. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Internal Bricking Standards 3Nov 15, 2010 12:25 am Thanks Chippy. the old saying that they don't make them like they use to holds true. In this case.. do things like they use to. I see commercial buildings have their perps all filled up properly. in the tech notes of Austral bricks for Armaclay it says any unfilled perp can not be wider than 12mm. I see a few in the photo that is but just barley filled with mortar. I just few mortar is stronger glue than a float. It like only having 3 out of the five wheel nuts on the car when you have 5 spokes. It would be stronger with 5 nuts than 3. Thanks for listening... appreciate it. Re: Internal Bricking Standards 4Nov 16, 2010 4:12 pm The load on the brickwork is vertical, which is why this isn't an issue. It is good for the plaster to have more keys into the brickwork too, so a non-issue Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7014 I believe this is correct. From the picture you can see the power was put in last so the electrician knew where the water was. Really it's a common sense issue more… 4 5162 2 8649 |