Rat trap bond
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Rat trap bond
Image: © Graham Horn Taken: 30 Sep 2008
This wall is one of the original places that I saw rat trap bond. The bricks are laid on their sides in two parallel lines with a gap in between, and every fourth one is laid across the wall to provide a bond between the two halves. However there is a cavity in the middle where rats get trapped, hence the name. The bond is a way of building a reasonably strong wall with fewer bricks.
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Image Location
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