Masonry Magazine January 1962 Page. 46
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When using the "process" masons can be spaced farther apart than they normally work. About 20 feet apart for veneer work and 15 feet apart for load-bearing work is ideal.
Quite often, however, the crew consists of only one or two masons. When this situation occurs, it is best to plan the job in the following manner:
Set up corner poles at all corners. Then start a mason working at each end of one wall. As each course is lald up it is racked back away from the corner until the wall is laid up to scaffold height. See Figure 12. Then one of the masons moves to the far end of the adjacent wall and progresses in the same manner. The other mason raises the lineholder at the far corner of the first wall until it is several courses above the final course of masonry laid. Then he moves to the near corner and sets the lineholder to the second course at the end, trigs the line with a brick and fills in the course. Then this process continues until the corner is filled in and the adjacent wall is laid up to seaffold height with the far end racked back (See Figure 13).
The third and fourth walls are worked in the same manner as shown in Figures 14 and 15. This method allows all brick to be laid using the corner poles with no unnecessary walking back and forth to adjust linch.
On load-bearing work, whenever conditions will it, the scaffold should be set up on the inside of the be so that masons can work off the floor. Less scaffold is used, it is set easier, and materials can be stoc advance. The mason will be more productive beca has a good working area in any kind of weather. In tion, it is easier and less fatiguing to lay face brie the wall than the larger heavier back-up materia any case, the scaffold should be set level and true arm should be taken to level the planks properly. Much ductive time is lost on jobs where the scaffold is and the planks are uneven and do not give the m sure footing.
Materials should always be scheduled in advance so that there is no lost time due to waiting for mater stock of materials should be placed at a convenient wa height on the scaffold-not on the ground-befor masons start to work. By reporting to the job ear laborer can have the mortar mixed and on the boar have sufficient brick on the scaffold so that the cre start work immediately each morning.
A little time spent in planning and organizing a will pay off in dividends of increased productivi resultant lower costs to the contractor.
FIGURE 12
RACK BACK MASONRY AT EACH CORNER
FIGURE 13
FILL IN THIS PORTION
FIGURE 14
RACK BACK AT THIS CORNER
FILL IN
RACK BACK
FIGURE 15
FILL IN
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