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Fig. 46.— Three types of ashler wall construction 



One square yard of standard brick on edge requires sixty-one 

 brick. Brick work is estimated by the 1000 brick. An eight-inch 

 wall requires fifteen standard brick to the square foot; a twelve-inch 

 wall requires twenty-two and one-half standard brick to the square 

 foot; a sixteen-inch wall requires thirty standard brick to the square 

 foot. Six to six and one-half pressed brick are required per square 

 foot of work. To lay 1000 common brick kilncourt requires two and 

 one-half bushels or 200 pounds of hme, five-eighths yard of sand, and 

 one barrel of cement. In figuring the number of brick for piers, take 

 the height by the distance around in feet and consider the product as 



