#MASONRY STACK BOND VS RUNNING BOND FULL#
#MASONRY STACK BOND VS RUNNING BOND WINDOWS#

#MASONRY STACK BOND VS RUNNING BOND FULL#

We will arrange for drawing review and technical guidance, full sample selection, supply or delivery of glass blocks, professional installation, on-site assistance, and provide technical support after the job is completed, if needed. The stacked bond doesnt offer much structure while a running bond is the most common in buildings for. A running bond has the head joints of each successive course horizontally offset by a quarter or more of the unit length. Thankfully everything worked out perfectly and the newly made 4×4 Mist blocks fit flush with the 4×8 blocks and the wall.Įastern Glass Block- We Supply, We Install, We Deliver. A stacked bond has units stacked directly on top of each other with head joints of mortar aligned on top of each other.

Remember that every other row ends in either a 4×8 or 4×4 so without cutting the glass blocks this project would not have been possible. We actually had to cut the 4×8 glass blocks ourselves to make the running bond pattern work. However, there was a small hill we had to climb to complete this particular project because there aren’t any 4×4 Mist glass blocks. There was no problem supplying the request of the glass block pattern. In a recently completed project, a homeowner wanted to use 4×8 Mist pattern glass blocks. The idea makes the glass blocks mesh together and using the bricks as well gives it that classic brick feel, despite this wall being mostly glass blocks. You can even incorporate actual bricks while still using glass blocks as shown here: This picture shows 4×8 glass blocks with 4×4 glass blocks against the wall in every other row, including the rows of actual bricks as well. Instead, for example, rows one and three match up perfectly while rows two and four match up perfectly and so on. When you see a brick wall on a school or building, choose any row of bricks and the row above or below it doesn’t line up. The glass blocks are not stacked perfectly straight on top of one another but rather off-center in every other row. Stack Bond Figure 1Definition of Stack Bond Masonry. In stack bond masonry, heavy concentrated loads will be carried down to the support by the particular vertical tier or column of masonry under the load, with little distribution to adjacent masonry.

A running bond is something less common when using glass block It is more like the layout of brick buildings. Compressive strength is similar for stack and running bond construction.

#MASONRY STACK BOND VS RUNNING BOND WINDOWS#

A stack bond is exactly what you think it sounds like, glass block stacked on top of one another like a rubix cube or windows on a building. Traditionally, when using glass block for a project, the project usually has a layout for a stack bond.

Masonry stack bond vs running bond