Glen-Gery Brickwork Design Guide -- Extruded Facebrick Specifications

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Unit Specifications Glen-Gery nominal four inch extruded brick are manufactured to conform to the ASTM International Standard Specification C 216, Grade SW, Type FBS. This product also conforms to ASTM International C 216, Grade MW and all grades of ASTM International C 62. Certain Glen-Gery extruded facebrick also conform to ASTM International C 216, Type FBX, ASTM C 652, ASTM International C 902, and ASTM International C 32. Glen-Gery 8-Square may be manufactured to conform to ASTM International C 652, Grade SW, Type HBS depending on the color and finish which is desired.
Dimensional Tolerances Glen-Gery nominal four inch brick are manufactured to achieve specific dimensional tolerances. The tolerances for various unit dimensions are typically: Thickness, +/-1/8"; Height, 3" or less, +/-3/32", 3" up to 4", +/-1/8"; Length over 6" up to 8", +/-1/4", 8" up to 12", +/-5/16". Generally, the product ordered will contain a number of units which are under or over the specified dimension.
Finishes Glen-Gery extruded brick are available in a variety of textures. The textures include smooth, velour, bar, rugg, matt, papercut, wirecut, scored, rockface, slurry, and sand finishes. The availability of a particular finish is usually dependent on the particular product.

Brick and Mortar Quantities
Nominal 3/8 Inch Mortar Joints
Descriptive Unit Size Unit
Size
(thickness x height x length)
Unit
Weight
(lb/unit)
Vertical Coursing in courses
per inches
Units per Square Foot Cubic Foot per Square Foot Quantities of Mortar per 1000 Units
without Collar Joint with Collar Joint without Collar Joint with Collar Joint
Standard 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 8" 3.8-5.0/
5.0-5.2
3 courses
per 8 ins.
6.45 0.058 0.121 9.00 18.79
Standard Modular 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 7-5/8" 3.8-5.0/
5.1-5.2
3 courses
per 8 ins.
6.75 0.059 0.122 8.77 18.03
Engineer 3-5/8" x 2-3/4" x 8" 4.5-5.2 5 courses
per 16 ins.
5.37 0.054 0.117 10.07 21.70
Engineer 3-5/8" x 2-3/4" x 7-5/8" 4.5-5.2 5 courses per 16 ins. 5.63 0.055 0.117 9.72 20.83
King 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 9-5/8" 5.5-7.2 5 courses per 16 ins. 4.50 0.052 0.115 11.60 25.49
Econo 3-5/8" x 3-5/8" x 7-5/8" 6.2-6.4 1 course
per 4 ins.
4.50 0.041 0.104 9.15 23.03
Norman 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 11-5/8" 5.5-7.3 3 courses
per 8 ins.
4.50 0.055 0.118 12.27 26.16
Utility 3-5/8" x 3-5/8" x 11-5/8 9.2-9.4 1 course
per 4 ins.
3.00 0.037 0.099 12.29 33.13
8-Square 3-5/8" x 7-5/8" x 7-5/8" 10.0-13.0 1 course
per 8 ins.
2.25 0.028 0.090 12.24 40.07
These values are actual quantities and must be increased for waste and any possible construction requirements which may necessitate additional quantities.

Units per Linear Foot in Various Positions
Nominal 3/8 Inch Mortar Joints
Descriptive Unit Size Unit
Size
(thickness x height x length)
Unit
Weight
Range
Cored/
Solid
(lb/unit)
Stretcher Rolock Soldier Header
Standard 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 8" 3.8-5.0/
5.0-5.2
1.43 4.50 4.50 3.00
Standard Modular 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 7-5/8" 3.8-5.0/
5.1-5.2
1.50 4.50 4.50 3.00
Engineer 3-5/8" x 2-3/4" x 8" 4.5-5.2 1.43 3.75 3.75 3.00
Engineer 3-5/8" x 2-3/4" x 7-5/8" 4.5-5.2 1.50 3.75 3.75 3.00
King 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 9-5/8" 5.5-7.2 1.20 3.75 3.75 3.00
Econo 3-5/8" x 3-5/8" x 7-5/8" 6.2-6.4 1.50 3.00 3.00 3.00
Norman 3-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 11-5/8" 5.5-7.3 1.00 4.50 4.50 3.00
Utility 3-5/8" x 3-5/8" x 11-5/8 9.2-9.4 1.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
8-Square 3-5/8" x 7-5/8" x 7-5/8" 10.0-13.0 1.50 1.50 3.00 1.50