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| MASE 105 | Introductory Masonry | |
| Course Description |
| Introduce various types of mortar and cement along with the use of basic masonry tools. Emphasizes the different methods of spacing materials on a construction site, the 6-8-10 method, and use of the transit level, brick spacing, and modular rule. Focusing on laying straight and plumb brick to the line, bricking gables and building columns. Permits application techniques for setting up different types of masonry materials, marking off layout lines, and erecting batter boards along with techniques employed in different types of weather and climates. Laboratory. |
| Prerequisites: None |
| TASK LIST |
| 1 | Proportion and mix mortars manually with a hoe and mortar box | |
| 2 | Set up and maintain a mortar mixer | |
| 3 | Proportion and mix mortar with electric and gasoline powered mixers | |
| 4 | Set up and maintain masonry saws | |
| 5 | Stock a mortar board or pan | |
| 6 | Temper mortar | |
| 7 | Lay out building lines using the 6-8-10 method | |
| 8 | Square corners with a framing square | |
| 9 | Determine coursing with a brick spacing rule and with a modular mason's rule | |
| 10 | Determine coursing with a modular mason's rule | |
| 11 | Drop jack lines | |
| 12 | Set corner poles for veneer | |
| 13 | Set freestanding corner poles | |
| 14 | Plumb and level with a mason's 2- and 4-foot levels | |
| 15 | Plumb with a plumb bob | |
| 16 | Chalk a line | |
| 17 | Set lines, pins, blocks, and trigs | |
| 18 | Inspect, assemble, and disassemble rigging and scaffolding | |
| 19 | Carry brick with tongs | |
| 20 | Cut masonry materials with hand tools | |
| 21 | Cut materials with a masonry saw | |
| 22 | Identify brick types | |
| 23 | Spread morter for brick | |
| 24 | Make head joints for brick | |
| 25 | Lay inside and outside brick corner leads | |
| 26 | Gauge masonry walls with a mason's modular rule | |
| 27 | Dry bond brick | |
| 28 | Bond a brick wall for range with a rule | |
| 29 | Lay brick to a line while holding bond | |
| 30 | Tuckpoint a wall | |
| 31 | Finish joints with a variety of tools | |
| 32 | Identify types of block | |
| 33 | Lay out block corners and walls with a tape measure | |
| 34 | Bond corners for all widths of block | |
| 35 | Spread mortar for block | |
| 36 | Lay inside and outside block corner leads | |
| 37 | Lay a block wall to a line | |
| 38 | Lay closure block/brick | |
| 39 | Lay 4" partition block walls, and cap block | |
| 40 | Install foundation vents | |
