Masonry

Masonry

Construction practice that uses materials such as brick, concrete block, stone, and tile that are set in morta.

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efflorescence

Construction; Masonry

An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plastic or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture ...

hollow masonry wall

Construction; Masonry

An exterior wall, usually of masonry, consisting of an outer and inner with separated by a continuous air space, but connected together by wire or sheet-metal ties. The dead air space provides ...

An exterior wall, usually of masonry, consists of an outer and inner with separated by a continuous air space, but connected together by wire or sheet-metal ties. The dead air space provides improved ...

buttress

Construction; Masonry

An external masonry mass set against or built into a masonry wall to resist forces at right angles (lateral) to the wall. For example the outward thrust of a roof.

masonry buttress

Construction; Masonry

An external masonry mass set against or built into a masonry wall to resist forces at right angles (lateral) to the wall. For example the outward thrust of a roof.

flying buttress

Construction; Masonry

An iconic feature of Gothic masonry. An arched brace that transmits the lateral forces from a roof or vaulted ceiling to a masonry buttress.

chimney

Construction; Masonry

An incombustible vertical structure containing one or more flues to provide draft for fireplaces and to carry off gaseous products of combustion to the outside air from fireplaces, furnaces, or ...