Flemish Bond Brickwork
Also known as Dutch Bond, the Flemish pattern has always been a popular decorative choice you can find in many old buildings and delivers good load bearing capability with headers and stretchers laid alternately in a single course for a single brick thickness. Difficult to lay really accurately keeping all the vertical joints perfectly aligned, it is a pattern that can slightly extend schedules.
There are some variations on Flemish Bond brickwork such as Glazed-Headed, which burns the exposed headers to create a black glassy look, or Monk Bond which includes two stretchers between each header in a row.
Stretcher Bond and Header Bond Bricklaying
The most obvious patterns with all bricks facing in the same direction and alternating mortar bond and central alignment all the way up the wall. Good for load bearing and very quickly constructed. English Bond brickwork combines the two having one row of headers alternating with another row of stretchers which is a good load bearing solution.
There are also American and Scottish Bond patterns which combine multiple rows of stretchers with a single line of headers, most typically used in more decorative situations like garden walls.
Herringbone and Basket Bond are the last two primary decorative approaches, both popular in driveways, walkways and other floor surfaces.
Our knowledge meets your requirements
Whatever you need we can vary the use of pattern and design to help you do more than create an attractive pattern; creating cavities to enhance insulation to a property, varying patterns to save bricks or cut time off of schedules and bring enhanced value for money, with brickworks our speciality and bricks still the essential building material of any property we can help make a big difference to any project.
Whatever your commercial construction needs speak to the experts at Eyles; contact us today and we can arrange a no obligation survey and quotation with one of our specialist team.