AU613188B2 - A method of wall construction - Google Patents

Description

I L .1 I: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1952 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 1 3 1 8 8 (Original) FOR OFFICE USE Application Number: PI8185 Lodged: 12/05/88 Class Int. Class Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: Priority: Related Art: TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT Name of Applicant: Address of Applicant: Actual Inventor: Address for Service:- P 001853 110589 MIDLAND BRICK COMPANY PTY LTD Bassett Road, Middle Swan, in the State of Western Australia, Commonwealth of Australia.

CHARLES RICHARD NEW Wray Associates Primary Industry House 239 Adelaide Terrace Perth Western Australia 6000.

Complete Specification for the invention entitled: "A METHOD OF WALL CONSTRUCTION" The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me:- 1 .ec ULU~-I~~ F L 1 I -2- THIS INVENTION relates to the construction of brick walls.

Throughout the specification the term brick shall be taken to include all forms of building blocks or bricks.

In one form the invention resides in a method of brick wall construction comprising forming a bed in the ground, laying the courses of brick for the wall in said bed utilising support bricks having an L-shaped configuration at spaced locations whereby one arm of the L-shaped configuration extend to one side of the wall and are in vertical alignment with the arms of other courses at said spaced locations said method further comprising excavating c a plurality of holes at said spaced locations in said bed below the wall, subsequent to the laying of at least two courses of brick, filling the holes with concrete to the underneath of the lower course of bricks and laying the remaining courses of bricks to complete the wall.

According to a preferred feature of the previous feature said concrete extends above the bottom of the lower course of bricks.

According to a further preferred feature of the invention said support bricks are formed with apertures extending between their lower and upper face in at least both arms of the support brick and whereby said method comprises laying the support bricks such that the apertures of the support bricks of adjacent courses are aligned and said method comprises the insertion of reinforcing rods through the aligned apertures to extend into the holes prior to the filling of the holes with concrete or the setting of the concrete in the holes.

The invention will be more fully understood in the light of the following description of one specific embodiment.

-3- The description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings of which: Figure 1 is a schematic side elevation of a brick wall constructed according to the method of invention; Figure 2 is a schematic sectional end elevation of the brick wall of Figure I and 2; and Figure 3 is an isometric view of a support brick of the embodiment.

0 io1 The embodiment is directed towards a method of 000 0 0 00 support bricks 10 at spaced, locations vhich are laid one 00 00 0o 0 an aperture extending between the uapper and lower faces of the bricks and whereby on the bricks being laid in. a wall in a conventional manner the apertures of the support 0000 0 0 0 00 0 bricks of the adjacent courses are aligned with each 0 00 0 00 09 other. The length of each arm is of the same length as 0 .20 the other bricks of the wall in order that they can be got A laid conventionally in the wall with the other bricks with an arm extending to one side of the wall to form a pierlike configuration.

The method according to the embo&aent comprises forming a horizontal bed in the ground by forming a trench having a depth equal to approximately the height of bricks being used in the walls. On the forming of a satisfactory bed, several courses of bricks at least are laid in the trench.

In laying the courses a reinforcing mesh 13 is located in 7r the mortar course between each course of bricks. In 4 addition, the support bricks are laid at spaced locations along the wall.

On completion of at least several courses 12 of bricks a hole 14 is dug at each of said spaced locations in the bed below the support bricks and reinforcing rods 15 are passed through the aligned apertures in the central portion and laterally extending portion of the support bricks to extend into the hole 14. The holes are then filled with concrete 16 to a level extending above the bottom of the lower course of bricks 12. On the concrete setting the remaining courses of bricks are laid to complete the wall. In addition if desired the aligned SC apertures having the reinforcing rods can be filled with e, concrete.

,.cc cAs a result of the embodiment a brick wall having the reinforcement of spaced pairs along its length is constructed which has the desired strength and which can be erected in a much faster time than by conventional practice.

In addition there is not the difficulty of having to plan the location and height of the piers prior to constructing the wall by incorporating the location of the piers into the footings.

If desired conventional footing may be provided in the horizontal bed prior to the laying of the briks. In addition the reinforcing rods can be inserted into the pier footings prior to the laying of the bricks whereby the support bricks are located over the reinforcing rods when being laid.

It should be appreciated that the scope of the present invention need not be limited to the particular scope of the embodiment described above.

Claims (3)

1. 2. A method as claimed at claim 1 wherein said support bricks are formed with apertures extending between their 0o lower and upper face in at least both arms of the support 0 O brick and whereby said method comprises laying the support 0000 0 0 bricks such that the apertures of the support bricks of r seadjacent courses are aligned and said method comprises the insertion of reinforcing rods through the aligned apertures to extend into the holes prior to the filling of the holes with concrete or the setting of the concrete. S3. A method as claimed at claim 1 wherein concrete footings are provided in the bed prior to the laying of the bricks.
2. 4. A method as claimed at claim 3 wherein the support bricks are formed with apertures extending between their lower and upper faces such method comprising locating at least one upstanding reinforcing rod in the footings at 1A T E b 6 spaced locations therealong and locating the support bricks of each course at the spaced locations whereby the apertures receive the reinforcing rods. A method as claimed at any one of the preceding claims wherein reinforcing mesh is located between at least some of said courses.
3. 6. A method substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. o no 006 0 oan a 0 00 0 0a a a a o 0 a1 00c ooa 0a aa 0 L o0 a o a a aoooo o a 00 A DATED this SIXTEENTH day of APRIL 1991. MIDLAND BRICK COMPANY PTY LTD Applicant. Wray Associates Perth, Western Australia, Patent Attorneys for the Applicant. D rr r tact trC~ir t: r