Stretcher bond
The simplest to lay, and therefore the most common, the bricks are laid flat long side to the face of the wall.
Header bond
Using only the header (end) of the brick as the facing wall. This is particularly strong as the width of the wall is the whole length of a brick.
Flemish bond
English bond
English Garden Wall bond
Three courses of stretchers to one of headers.
Flemish Stretcher bond
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One course of flemish to three stretchers courses. Also called Garden wall bond but despite the name, most garden walls are built in flemish or stretcher bond.
Flemish variation bond
Scottish bond
One header course to five stretcher courses.
Rat-trap bond
Herringbone bond
Often used as infill to timber frame buildings, the bricks are laid at 45° in a zig-zag pattern.
Basket bond
Bricks are laid in squares of three at 90° to each other square.
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