Bonds in Brick Masonry 

The arrangement of bricks in order to tie them together in a mass of brick work is called bonding. 

Different types of bonds in brick masonry are given below 

• Stretcher Bond In this type of bond, all the bricks are laid as stretchers on the faces of walls. It is suitable for half brick walls only.

 • Header Bond In this type of bond, all the bricks are laid as headers on the faces of walls. It is suitable for one brick wall only. 

English Bond

The vertical joints in the header courses come over each other and vertical joints in the stretcher courses are also in the same line. In this bond, the heading course should never start with a queen closer. 

• Flemish Bond

 This types of Bond, each course consists of alternate headers and stretchers. 

The alternate headers of each course are centrally supported over the stretched below it.

Closer A portion of a brick cut longitudinally with one long face uncut.