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Composite Masonry

Composite masonry uses two or more types of building materials in wall construction. It reduces costs while making the structure more durable and aesthetically pleasing. There are five main types of composite masonry: 1) stone facing with brick backing, 2) stone slab facing with brick backing, 3) brick facing with concrete backing, 4) ashlar facing with brick backing, and 5) ashlar facing with rubble backing. Each type combines materials like stone, brick, concrete, or rubble to optimize strength, appearance and cost-effectiveness.

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Composite Masonry

Composite masonry uses two or more types of building materials in wall construction. It reduces costs while making the structure more durable and aesthetically pleasing. There are five main types of composite masonry: 1) stone facing with brick backing, 2) stone slab facing with brick backing, 3) brick facing with concrete backing, 4) ashlar facing with brick backing, and 5) ashlar facing with rubble backing. Each type combines materials like stone, brick, concrete, or rubble to optimize strength, appearance and cost-effectiveness.

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COMPOSITE MASONRY

When walls are constructed with two or more types of building materials it is
term as composite masonry. The composite masonry is adopted due to
following reasons:
-It reduces overall cost of construction.
-This makes the structure more durable by providing materials of better
quality and good workmanship in the faces.
- It improves the appearance of the structure by concealing the inferior work.
- It makes the used of locally available materials to obtain optimum economy.
Types of composite masonry-
1. Stone facing with brick backing
2. Stone slab facing with brick backing.
3. Brick facing with concrete backing.
4. Ashlar facing with brick backing.
5. Ashlar facing with rubble backing.
1. Stone facing with brick backing-In this type of composite masonry a wall is
constructed in brick work and stones are provided on facing to appear if
constructed in stone. It is adopted to improve the appearance of the structure at
the lesser cost.
2. Stone slab facing with brick backing-In this type of composite masonry a
wall is constructed in brick work and stone slab are used in facing. The stone
slab seldom exceed 5 to 10cm in thickness and are properly secured to the brick
backing. The stone may be used natural or artificial.
3. Brick facing with concrete backing-In this type of construction bricks are
used as facing material and concrete as backing .This type of construction is
adopted to get the strength of concrete and the aesthetic of bricks.
4. Ashlar facing with brick backing-In this type of composite masonry rough
tooled and chamfered stones is provided in facing while brick work is provided
in backing. It is preferable to use the height of ashlar as a multiple of brick
thickness plus masonry joints.
5. Ashlar facing with rubble backing- In this type of composite rough tooled and
chamfered stones are provided in facing while rubble masonry in backing . This
may reduce the cost of construction as the rubbles are available at a cheap rate.

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