Brick arran't for a t j'ct'n in a single skin wall

[buk]

What's the proper layout of the bricks for a T junction in single skin wall?

No matter how I lay it out, I always end up with aligned perps on one side of the branch or the other.

Thanks, buk

[lutonlagerlout]

you lay stretcher-header-stretcher on the t-junction
then above you use 2 3/4 bats over the header to get half bond back
a lot of lads just stick wall ties out,its quicker and neater
regards tony

[buk]

you lay stretcher-header-stretcher on the t-junction
then above you use 2 3/4 bats over the header to get half bond back

Great thanks Tony.

Also, are there any caveats of using less than 10mm off mortar? Either from the point of view of ease of layiing or the strength of the wall?

Using 6mm gaps would avoid me having to have a short brick on the main run, and to my mind, the wall looks neater with smaller gaps anyway.

Cheers, Buk

[lutonlagerlout]

i take it you are talking about the perpends ==> the vertical joints of the bricks
normaly when we set a wall out we space the bricks out dry first to try and gauge the thickness of the perps,the problem being is that bricks vary from 210-220mm long
the most important thing is that you have a full joint is this gives the wall its strength,on tight perps (6mm is very tight) the tendancy is to put less muck in the joints and the joint is not full.
normaly if a run is over 20 bricks you can always reverse the bat on the corner to make the spacings more even
if you do get a cut in the wall make sure it is in the middle not near the corners
regards tony