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Topic: she's a brick house.
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Mon 11/29/10 10:30 PM
does anyone know how thick a brick wall usually is.
like a wall for a garden.
does the height matter.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:31 PM
bricks come in different thicknesses, and height matters. the center of gravity changes the higher you stack

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Mon 11/29/10 10:36 PM
average red brick.
eight by four by two and a quarter.
for an eight foot wall.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:37 PM
Edited by kc0003 on Mon 11/29/10 10:38 PM
they do, but the normal size brick is 2 1/2in tall, 2 1/2in thick, and 9 1/4in long.

kings are different as are halfs highs...

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Mon 11/29/10 10:39 PM
eight foot wall. you will definately need mortar

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Mon 11/29/10 10:43 PM
lets just say i'm using eight by four by two and a quarter.
and mortar.
now how thick does it have to be.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:45 PM
for what?

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Mon 11/29/10 10:46 PM
for it not to fall and kill people.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:46 PM
the thickness of the brick you choose is depends on what that wall is doing. freestanding, holding back soil, load bearing. too many factors to make a decision

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Mon 11/29/10 10:47 PM
need more info

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Mon 11/29/10 10:48 PM
Edited by Totage on Mon 11/29/10 10:50 PM
This might help

http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Brick-Wall

or, just Google it.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:50 PM
Edited by bhernandez on Mon 11/29/10 10:50 PM
your link didn't work.
the wall would just enclose a garden.
maybe there'd be ivy on it.
but that's it.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:51 PM
Edited by kc0003 on Mon 11/29/10 10:52 PM
so, freestanding?
any way to tie it into another structure?

is it straight, L shaped, square???

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Mon 11/29/10 10:52 PM
eight feet tall wall to enclose a garden? well it sounds like the wall will be freestanding. plain brick and mortar is fine. but eight feet tall?

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Mon 11/29/10 10:53 PM
sure.
and it's a damn garden.
no buildings sir.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:55 PM
so i'm picturing like circular or rectangle, square maybe but enclosed garden right

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Mon 11/29/10 10:56 PM
Edited by kc0003 on Mon 11/29/10 10:56 PM
ok, 8ft tall is too much, it will not stand over time. have you thought about a decorative concrete block? 16x8x8

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Mon 11/29/10 10:57 PM
eighty by eighty feet.
which way does the brick look "crappier."
all brick wall or just bricks layered on top.

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Mon 11/29/10 10:57 PM

ok, 8ft tall is too much, it will not stand over time. have you thought about a decorative concrete block? 16x8x8


really, kc is right, there are better materials

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Mon 11/29/10 10:58 PM
Edited by bhernandez on Mon 11/29/10 11:19 PM
but it won't be eight feet all the way around.
that's the highest it'll get to.

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