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Suryakanta | July 13, 2015 | Building Construction, Construction | 7
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The below mentioned terminologies are used to express different forms of

cut bricks used in brick masonry construction.

1. CLOSER
It is the portion of the brick cut along the length in such a way as one long
face remains intact.

2. QUEEN CLOSER
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4. KING CLOSER
If a brick is cut in such a way that the width of one end becomes half that
of a full brick, while the width at the other end is equal to the full width, Like Page

then it is called as king closer. It is obtained by cutting out a triangular

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centre of the other end (lay side). Thus it has half header and half
stretcher face.

5. BEVELED CLOSER
It is a form of king closer in which the whole length of the brick (i.e.
stretcher face) is chamfered or beveled in such a way that half width is
maintained at one end and full width is maintained at the other end.

6. MITRED CLOSER
It is a portion of a brick whose one end is cut splayed or mitred for full
width. The angle of splay may vary from 450 to 600. Thus one longer face
of the mitred closer is of full length of the brick while the other longer face
is smaller in length.

King closer – Beveled closer – Mitred closer

7. BAT
When a brick is cut across the width, the resulting piece is called bat. Thus
a bat is smaller in length than the full brick.
8. HALF BAT
If the length of the bat is equal to half the length of the original brick, it is
known as half bat.

9. THREE QUARTER BAT

It is a form of brick bat having its length equal to three quarter of the
length of a full brick.

10. BEVELED BAT

A brick bat is called beveled bat, when its width has beveled.

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7 COMMENTS

Anime_Edu October 25, 2017 Reply

Good article…

Sushant April 7, 2017 Reply

Nice, Well Explained!!

Dhivya February 21, 2017 Reply

Clear explanation

MeryllBP January 26, 2017 Reply

Queen closer is not half a brick it is half of a brick less half

of a mortar joint
103 – 10 = 93 / 2 = 46.5mm

ENGINEER HARESH KALANI October 25, 2016 Reply

NICE SIR

Rahul Khanna April 27, 2016 Reply

 Wow nice article.Clearly explains the types of bricks.Enjoyed reading it.

daniel odek ratego November 10, 2015 Reply

i like

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