Brickwork

Materials Required:
a) 1st class brick
b) Portland cement
c) Local coarse sand (FM – 1.2 to 1.5)

Mortar (Cement Sand Mixture) Proportion:

a) For 250 mm or more thick brickwork, cement-sand mortar ratio is
1:6.
b) For 125 mm or less thick brickwork, cement-sand mortar ratio is
1:4.

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Work Procedure:
a) 1st class brick of good, sound, hard and well burnt with uniform
size, shape and colour and free from flaws and cracks are used.
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b) Bricks should be fully submerged under clear water for at least
twelve hours and be used after one/two hours of taking out from
the submersion tank.
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c) Keep mixing cement and sand in proper proportions and in
quantity under dry condition until the colour of the mixture is
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uniform. Then add water gradually to produce workable mixture.

Cement-sand mortar should be mixed in such quantity that can be
used within 45 minutes of mixing.
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d) Clean and chip the surface properly where the brickwork will be
done. Clean all debrises, dust, loose materials and laitance from
concrete surface.

e) Lay the bricks on a full bed of mortar to ensure proper adhesion of

bricks with the bed of mortar. Use English Bond pattern with frog
mark upward.

f) Check the horizontal alignment by thread or spirit level and

verticality by plumb bob.

g) All horizontal layers should be parallel and all vertical joints in

alternate course and be one layer above another. Fill all vertical
joints fully with mortar from top.
 h) Thickness of joints should not exceed 12 mm and check that all
joints are properly filled with mortar.

i) Top surface of brickwork which meets with the RCC surface like
beam/slab etc., the joints between the brickwork and RCC work
should be filled tightly with fully pressed mortar to avoid cracks in
the junction point i.e. between brick wall and RCC surface.

j) Keep face joints racked to a depth of 10 mm in the green mortar to

provide key for subsequent cement sand plastering.

k) In a day, do not construct a height exceeding 1.25m or 4 ft for 125

mm thick wall and 1.5 m or 5 ft for 250 mm thick wall. Clean the
face of brickwork on the same day after the brick laying is

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complete.

l) The brick wall should be cured properly for at least 10 days.

Curing of brickwork will be started normally after 24 hours of
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brickwork.

Material Consumption:
1) For 100 cft of 10" brickwork (1:6), material requirement is as follows:

Brick 1150 Nos.

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Cement 4 bags
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Medium coarse sand 33 to 36 cft

2) For 100 sft of 5” Brickwork (1:4), material requirement is as follows:

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Brick 480 Nos.

Cement 2 bags

Medium coarse sand 11 to 14 cft

Test of bricks – The test of 1st class bricks is performed in the field in
the following way:

 If two bricks are stricken with each other, then the sound
will be metallic for 1st class bricks.
 The shape & size of 1st class bricks are uniform.
 When broken, the whole inner part should be uniform in
colour with minimum pores.
 Plastering Work
Materials Required:
 Ordinary Portland Cement
 Local coarse sand (F.M from 1.2 to 1.5)

Work Procedure:

 R.C.C. surface is properly chipped with pointed hammer in case

of plaster on RCC work.

 Brush and scrap the surface to make it free from oil, greasy
spots, efflorescence and loose mortar (brick or RCC surfaces).

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 Wash the surface with clean water and keep the surface moist
before plastering.

 For R.C.C. surface, proportion of mortar mix will be 1:4 and for
brick surface 1:6.
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 Sand is to be screened before use. Mix cement and sand in
specified proportion and in dry condition until mixture is
uniform. Water is to be added gradually till mixture is plastic.
All mixed mortar should be used within 45 minutes of mixing
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with water. At least one responsible person should be present
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during mixing of mortar.

 Apply cement grouting on R.C.C. surface.

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 Make 3" x 3" level (paya) of plaster @ 6'-0" to 7'-0" c/c as

reference level.

 For masonry surface, maximum thickness of plaster will be ¾"

(average) and for R.C.C. surface ½” (average). For thickness
more than 1", plaster is to be done in 2 layers. After the 1st coat,
the surface is to be kept rough and then 2nd coat is to be
applied after minimum 8 hours of the 1st coat.

 No dry mortar shall be applied/used on the prepared surface

during plastering.

 Check the level of the plastered surface with Aluminium

Straight Edge (Patta), thread and with spirit level. For defective
plaster, correct immediately till the mortar is in green condition.
 Groove in plaster around doorframe should be 6 mm wide and 8
mm deep. The same is applicable for SDB box. Groove for drip
course will be 12 mm wide and 12 mm deep.

 Cure the finished plastered surface with water after 24 hours

for continuous 14 days.

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