Masonry brick laying on the edge

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In this lesson you and Stroy-shkola will learn how to lay the facing brick on the edge. It should be noted that the facade of any house can be beautifully decorated, of course, when facing the house you can use metal siding under a tree, or installing a vinyl siding, but in this lesson we will talk about the exterior decoration of the house with the help of facing bricks, we learn how to beautifully lay the brick on the edge,will give an unusual look to the facade of our house.

Masonry brick laying on the edge

Brick facing to the edge

First, we will need to lay out a brick to understand whether it fits into our opening or not, if the half of the brick does not fit, then you have to cut it, note that you will not have to cut 1 brick by half, because it will beit is too noticeable that the brick is pitted, and a few bricks of 1 cm, then our masonry will look aesthetically and visually.

We make a seam of 8 mm with the help of an ordinary ruler

We make a seam of 8 mm using a simple ruler or a stick

Thus we first lay the brick with a conventional ruler or, in our case, an ordinary wooden stick with a diameter of 8 mm came up.

Put marks with a pencil

Set marks with pencil

The marks are made in order to approximately understand exactly what size the seam will be.

Next, we will need to pull the cord through which we will see whether the masonry is made exactly.

We pull the cord to orient itself on it when laying the brick

We pull the cord to orientate ourselves to it when laying bricks

Next, the immediate stage of laying the brick, laying the brick in principle is very simple, here we will not tell the basics of brick cladding, as we already wrote on the site. But the technique of laying a brick on an edge has its own nuances - for example, a brick on the side should be carefully coated with a solution - this is done so that it does not hang from the other sides and it does not squeeze out leaving unsightly seams.

Please note that before laying bricks under the masonry, you must put a metal rod so that the solution does not hang around the edges, and then do not forget to remove it!

Thus, the masonry is made, of course the subsequent bricks will be much easier to put it, because you do not have to use the level, but you can orient yourself on the adjacent brick.

Note that all the bricks lie on strictly marked lines

Please note that all the bricks lie along the strictly marked lines of the

Well, the closing stage of our masonry will be the sealing of all the seams with a special tool, however you can also use improvised materials.

The final stage of laying

The final stage of laying

Seal the seams

Sealing the seams

Our masonry brick on the edge is ready!

Our brick laying on the edge is ready!

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