BDA Guide to Successful Brickwork, Second Edition [Paperback]

The Brick Development Association (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0340758996 | ISBN-13: 978-0340758991 | Edition: 2

The first edition of this best-selling book was based on the BDA's award winning Achieving Successful Brickwork. The BDA has now revised and expanded The BDA Guide to Successful Brickwork to provide an indispensable guide to good brickwork practice, for students of brickwork, practising bricklayers and all specifiers of brickwork.



* Highly illustrated comprehensive coverage, updated throughout
* New sections on domestic fireplaces and chimneys
* Includes extensive glossary and index

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HIGHLY COMMENDED - CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING'S LITERARY AWARDS MARCH 2001
"The hallmark of this book is its clarity. The text and illustrations provide crystal clear guidance on the science and art of brickwork. The book conveys a sense of the 'art of the possible' and illustrates some brickwork solutions that are inspirational, functional and elegant. Now that's success."

"... definitive work on the art and practice of bricklaying"
Building Employers Confederation.

"The perfect answer for NVQ reference material ... no construction resource room should be without this"
Guild of Bricklayers.

"A successful brickwork manual"
Architecture Today.

Book Description

The indispensable guide to good brickwork practice for students and construction professionals alike --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (February 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340758996
• ISBN-13: 978-0340758991
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,570,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical advice aimed at students, July 24, 2004

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This review is from: BDA Guide to Successful Brickwork, Second Edition (Paperback)

The illustrations and the book design are very up-to-date. The text is from several authors, so some advice is occasionally repeated. Repetitio est mater studiorum, as they say.

There's detailed instructions on simple walls, layout advice for maintaining the bond around openings, coverage of advanced topics like arches and corbelling, and background topics such as brick manufacture. All in metric and referenced to British building codes by the way.