In this article, I will share the experience of masonry bridges without metal corner.
Generally, when laying jumpers in spans of up to 1.5 m. No reinforcing elements and are not required, brick thrives in jamming with each other and the solution (on the same principle work and arched vaults).
Before the construction of bridges of brick I pereobschalsya many engineers and foremen, who are professionals in their field.
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We start to understand how the arch holding up? Arched vault is kept at the expense of crushing - a brick in the middle can not fall until there are neighbors, and neighbors can not fall until there are their neighbors - and here's the chain.
The same principle and common masonry brick medium will not drop, since it is also in engagement with adjacent. To him fall, you need to push the "neighbors" and that physically will not work.
Judge for yourself stroking the picture.
And if the soldier had already laid masonry cut the arched doorway, is more reliable?
As a result, in my opinion, in spans of up to 1.5 meters - can be used without power as the arches and rows of masonry.
Here's an example of my own home. All spans as windows and doors - are made without corners. The longest spans were 1.4 m.
Laying of such webs carried on pitched wooden formwork (see. next photo). When installing the formwork, making sure of the reliability of its fixation, not to lose the level and not to displace randomly hit a bucket with a solution.
I am glad that the article has helped you and good luck in building!
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