Lesson 11 - Construction Materials And Tools In Masonry

Question 1

Refers to the tools used for concrete work

Answer 1

Bricklaying tools

Question 2

Refers to the structured construction of wall and important features

Answer 2

Masonry

Question 3

Refers to the bonding material that holds bricks

Answer 3

Mortar

Question 4

These are irregularly shaped, broken-sized, texture stones

Answer 4

Rubble

Question 5

These are decorative or cut such as stones laid in parallel

Answer 5

Ashlar

Question 6

These are stones of varied sizes arranged in a non continuous way

Answer 6

Random Ashlar

Question 7

To keep the courses in a masonry wall straight and true

Answer 7

Mason’s line and line pins or blocks

Question 8

To clean masonry surfaces

Answer 8

Soft and hard bristled brush

Question 9

For mixing mortar

Answer 9

Mortar box and hoe

Question 10

To finish and repair mortar joints

Answer 10

Pointing trowel

Question 11

To hold a reserve of mortar

Answer 11

Mortar board

Question 12

To hold small amounts of mortar

Answer 12

Hawk

Question 13

To check that corners are true angles

Answer 13

Builder’s square

Question 14

A measuring stock used to check that each course of bricks in a wall is the right height

Answer 14

Story pole

Question 15

These are used to spread mortar

Answer 15

Trowels

Question 16

Is made of fired clay and comes in thousands of combinations of shapes, types, colors and textures

Answer 16

Brick

Question 17

What are the different types of bricks? enumeration

Answer 17

1. Common or building bricks
2. Face bricks
3. Firebricks
4. Paving bricks
5. New used bricks

Question 18

Are now usually applied as seconds (bricks)

Answer 18

Common or building bricks

Question 19

Are more uniform in color and size with sharper edges, square corners, and fewer flaws (bricks)

Answer 19

Face bricks

Question 20

Are yellow and heat resistant (bricks)

Answer 20

Firebricks

Question 21

Are used in driveways and patios (bricks)

Answer 21

Paving Bricks

Question 22

Are strong modern bricks

Answer 22

New used bricks

Question 23

Give 6 examples of brick layering and patterns

Answer 23

1. Running
2. Common
3. Garden wall
4. English
5. Dutch
6. Flemish

Question 24

Is used as a guide in making vertical layers of bricks

Answer 24

Plumb line

Question 25

This is the bonding material that holds the bricks and other masonry units together

Answer 25

Mortar

Question 26

What does CHB stand for?

Answer 26

Concrete Hollow Blocks

Question 27

Are widely used in the basic construction of many buildings because of their low cost and durability

Answer 27

Concrete Hollow Blocks (CHB)

Question 28

This a thin mixture of Portland cement, sand and water

Answer 28

Grout

Question 29

Masonry tools and equipment (9)

Answer 29

1. Mason’s line and line pins
2. Soft and hard bristled brush
3. Mortar box and hoe
4. Pointing trowel
5. Mortar board
6. Hawk
7. Builder’s square
8. Story pole
9. Trowels