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| Masonry |
Masonry is
defined as the art of construction in which building units, such as clay
bricks, sand-lime, bricks, stones, Pre-cast hallow concrete blocks, concrete
slabs, glass bricks, combination of some of these building units etc are
arranged systematically and bonded together to form a homogeneous mass in such
a manner that they can with stand point to other loads and transmit then
through the mass without fail or disintegration.
Masonry can
be classified into the following categories.
1. Stone masonry
2. Brick
masonry
3. Hallow
block concrete masonry
4.
Reinforced masonry
5. Composite
masonry
These can be
further sub-divided into varies types depending upon workmanship and type of
materials used.
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