English Bond Building. As with any wall built of brick no two adjacent vertical joints should be in line. For example in 1 m cubed work we need 375 bricks in this bond but in English bond we need 450 bricks normally used in green buildings.
It has two alternating courses of stretchers and headers. English bond in brick masonry has one course of stretcher only and a course of header above it ie. Walls of half brick thickness-stretcher bond.
The example in Fig 193 shows the outline of a 1-brick wide pier to be attached to an English bond wall left without any consideration given to bonding in the pier.
They are classified based on laying and bonding style of bricks in walls. A flemish bond is a brick construction pattern that consists of alternate stretchers and headers for each course. English bond consists of alternating courses of headers and stretchers and is stronger than Flemish bond hence its use in foundations. They are classified based on laying and bonding style of bricks in walls.
