This text provides a guide to bricklaying for the homeowner, trade apprentice, craftsman and contractor. Over 560 technical drawings and diagrams illustrate technique and how-to. The book includes projects in addition to skills and fundamental processes. Key features of the book include: step-by-step how-to text and illustration; projects with start-to-finish guidance; description of integration of electricity and plumbing in brick construction; solutions and precautions to high-wind concerns in cavity brickwork; tables which calculate how many bricks to a job; coverage of handicap brick design; discussion of engineering properties; explanation of such topics as damp-proofing, repairing and cracking, mortar, window and door cutting, and cleaning brick; and the provision of both English and metric measurements.