Which bond pattern features headers placed at intervals to tie the wall?

Which bond pattern features headers placed at intervals to tie the wall?

• A. Common bond
• B. Running bond
• C. Stack bond
• D. Flemish bond

Answer: (A)

Brickwork bonds show how bricks are arranged to tie the wall together. A header is a brick laid with its short end facing the wall face, which creates a tie across the thickness of the wall. In the common bond pattern, most courses are built with stretchers, and a header course is inserted at regular intervals. Those header courses grab the two faces of the wall and help distribute loads, effectively tying the wall together over its height. That combination—stretchers with periodic header rows—is what identifies this pattern as common bond. The other patterns differ in how and where headers appear: running bond uses nearly all stretchers with a consistent offset and no interval header rows; Flemish bond places headers and stretchers in every course, alternating within the course; stack bond aligns bricks in vertical stacks with little tying across the wall.

Brickwork bonds show how bricks are arranged to tie the wall together. A header is a brick laid with its short end facing the wall face, which creates a tie across the thickness of the wall. In the common bond pattern, most courses are built with stretchers, and a header course is inserted at regular intervals. Those header courses grab the two faces of the wall and help distribute loads, effectively tying the wall together over its height. That combination—stretchers with periodic header rows—is what identifies this pattern as common bond. The other patterns differ in how and where headers appear: running bond uses nearly all stretchers with a consistent offset and no interval header rows; Flemish bond places headers and stretchers in every course, alternating within the course; stack bond aligns bricks in vertical stacks with little tying across the wall.