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Masonry Skills, 6th Edition

Masonry Skills, 6th Edition, starts by introducing basic work principles, such as working with materials, bonds, brick, and concrete block, and progresses to advanced work such as building fireplaces, arches, and more.

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Author: Richard T Kreh
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 652

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Masonry Skills, 6th Edition, continues to provide the reader-friendly, comprehensive coverage that has made it so successful. Updated with the very latest developments in the masonry trade, this book starts by introducing basic work principles, such as working with materials, bonds, brick, and concrete block, and progresses to advanced work such as building fireplaces, arches, and more. This wide range of coverage gives you the opportunity to learn the skills necessary for a successful career in masonry. This revised 6th edition includes emerging masonry technology and concepts that are relevant to today's masons, such as SPEC MIX mortars, Mast Climbing Scaffolds, new corner pole projects, and new information on decorative concrete. Approved by The Brick Industry of America and field-tested by professionals in the field, this book is an ideal resource for anyone who wants to master the skills needed by today's masonry professionals.

Features:

Updated illustrations and photos clearly depict the latest technology and methods.
Expanded section on safety includes more specific information for the masonry trades to reflect the latest OSHA regulations.
Information is organized into short, easy-to-read sections with related math checkpoints included at the end of units as needed, making the book ideal for readers of all levels.
Unit Objectives, Section Summaries, and Achievement Reviews focus attention on key points while enabling you to evaluate your progress as you work through the book.

Ever since Masonry Skills was first published, it has been considered the best book available for really explaining and showing how good masonry work is performed on the job. The major reasons for this are that it is one of the few masonry books in print and it is written by a master bricklayer and teacher of the trade. The author has spent his entire life working as a journeyman mason and masonry instructor in the public school system of Maryland.

It is also one of the few books that has been reviewed and approved by the various construction institutes around the nation that are the recognized authorities in the masonry field. This revision has been carefully redone by the author to point out new developments and techniques in the masonry trade and add new, relevant, and important information necessary to train apprentice masons in their goals of becoming journeymen masons.

Masons are highly skilled craftsmen who use specialized equipment and tools to mix mortar, bond materials together to form patterns, and lay out and construct masonry walls and other important features of buildings. In this day and age, this requires both technical as well as on-the-job skill training to be successful.

Once you have learned and perfected your trade, it becomes a part of you, a part than no one can ever take away. The pride that one knows, that we can do good work in our chosen field, is very satisfying and also gives us a purpose in our life. To be really good at what you do, you must like it! This completely revised edition of Masonry Skills provides the necessary materials to guide the student, apprentice, or reader through a secondary or vocational-technical program in the study of masonry basics. It will act as a handbook and guide for the apprentice and as a reference for the journeyman mason in their everyday work. It will also greatly benefit the serious amateur masons who do work of their own.

About the Author
Richard T Kreh Sr is a retired instructor from Linganore High School near Frederick, MD, and a well-known masonry expert in the field. He has written for Taunton Press, Masonry Construction Magazine, in addition to writing several Thomson DelMar Learning titles, including Safety for Masons.

Table of Contents
Introduction. Section 1: Safety Practices, Tools, Equipment and Basic Tool Skills. Unit 1: Safety on the Job. Unit 2: Basic Tools of the Trade. Unit 3: Learning to Use the Basic Tools. Unit 4: Related Equipment. Section 2: Developments and Manufacture of Brick and Concrete Block Masonry Units. Unit 5: Development of Clay and Shale Brick. Unit 6: Manufacture of Brick. Unit 7: Development of Concrete Block. Unit 8: Manufacture of Concrete Block Masonry Units. Section 3: Laying Brick to a Line and Building a Brick Corner. Unit 9: Mixing Mortar. Unit 10: Laying Brick to the Line. Unit 11: Building the Brick Corner. Section 4: Mortar and Essentials of Bonding. Unit 12: The Development of Mortar. Unit 13: Types of Mortar and their Characteristics. Unit 14: Introduction to Bonding. Unit 15: Traditional Structural and Pattern Bonds. Section 5: Laying Concrete Block. Unit 16: Laying Concrete Block to the Line. Unit 17: Building the Block Corner. Unit 18: Bonding Concrete Block and Rules for Bonding. Section 6: Estimating Brick and Concrete Block by Rule of Thumb Math and Cutting with the Masonry Saw. Unit 19: Estimating Brick Masonry by Rule of Thumb. Unit 20: Block Masonry. Unit 21: Cutting with the Masonry Saw. Section 7: Masonry Practices and Details of Construction. Unit 22: Building a Composite Wall of Brick and Concrete Block. Unit 23: Cavity and Reinforced Masonry Walls. Unit 24: Masonry Supports, Chases and Bearings. Unit 25: Movement Joints and Intersecting Walls. Unit 26: Installing Anchor Bolts, Brick Corbelling and Wall Copings. Unit 27: Glass Block Masonry. Section 8: Scaffolding and Cleaning Masonry Work. Unit 28: Types of Scaffolding. Unit 29: Safety Rules for Erecting and Using Scaffolding. Unit 30: Cleaning Brick and Concrete Block. Unit 31: Removing Various Stains from Masonry Walls. Section 9: Chimneys and Fireplaces. Unit 32: One-Flue Chimneys. Unit 33: History, Theory and Function of Fireplaces and Chimneys. Unit 34: Design and Construction of Fireplaces and Chimneys. Unit 35: Multiple-Opening and Heat-Circulating Fireplaces. Section 10: Arches. Unit 36: Development of Arches. Unit 37: Construction of Semicircular and Segmental Arches. Unit 38: Construction of a Jack Arch. Section 11: Concrete. Unit 39: Concrete Forms and Placing Footings. Unit 40: Essentials of Concrete Work. Section 12: Understanding and Reading Construction Drawings. Unit 41: Line and Symbol Identification. Unit 42: The Working Drawings. Unit 43: Dimensions and Scales. Appendix: Selected Masonry Projects. Glossary. Index.