American bond, common bond, American common bond, English
garden-wall bond, Liverpool bond.
A popular brickwork bond composed of either three or five courses of stretchers to each
course of headers.
basket weave
A bond composed of groups of two or three bricks laid perpendicular to all surrounding
groups; commonly used for wall, walks, and interior and exterior floors.
English bond
A strong but expensive bond composed of alternating courses of stretchers and headers.
English cross bond
A bond whose only difference from the English bond is that each alternate course of
stretchers is moved over half the length of a brick.
Flemish bond
In this bond, headers and stretchers alternate in each course with the center of each
header over the center of the stretcher found directly below it; more decorative but
structurally weaker than the English bond.
header bond, heading bond
A bond consisting of nothing but headers in each course; used in sharply curving walls.
stack bond
A bond composed of vertically aligned bricks; restricted to non load-bearing walls and
partitions because of inherent weakness.
rat-trap bond, Chinese bond, rowlock bond, silver-lock bond
A bond built up of rowlocks (bricks on edge) where each course consists of alternating
headers and stretchers. Although a rat trap wall uses fewer bricks to reach a given
height, and is therefore cheaper to construct it has the disadvantage of being weak and
susceptible to moisture penetration.
stretcher bond, stretching bond
A bond consisting of only stretchers; each alternate course of the stretchers is moved
over half the length of a brick.
Raking stretcher bond, 1/3 running bond
Similar to the stretcher bond, except that each alternate course of stretches is
moved less than half the length of a brick.
