Bonding is a process of arranging bricks and mortars to tie them together in a mass of brickwork. It should have a minimum of vertical joints in any part of the work. Characteristics of brick bond or rules for bonding: 1. The brick masonry should have bricks of uniform shape and size. 2. For satisfactory bondage the lap should be one-fourth of the brick along the length of the wall and half brick across thickness of the wall. 3. The brick bats use should be discouraged. 4. The vertical joints in the alternate courses should coincides with the centre line of the stretcher. 5. The alternate courses the centre line of header should coincide with the centre line of stretcher, in course below or above it. 6. The stretcher should be used only in the facing while hearting should be done in the headers only. Classifications of bonds: The bonds can be classified as follows: (i) Stretcher bond (ii) Header bond (iii) English bon...