Fireplace Design B
Fireplace Design C
Outside Ornamental Features
The possibilities of the use of brick for floors, walks, steps, pergolas, gate posts, seats, and other places about the house and garden are unlimited. For outside work it is a most permanent and beautiful material which never cracks or decays requiring periodic repairs or painting such as other materials do. It may always be the same color and texture as the brickwork of the house, thereby linking the house and garden together into one harmonious whole.
Steps
Brick steps, except where supported by the foundation wall, as shown in our working drawings, should always be laid over a concrete slab, reinforced, unless resting on solid, undisturbed soil. The concrete slab is poured in the form of steps, to correspond to the finished brick steps, but with proper allowance for laying the brick flat or on edge in a cushion of sand, at the option of the owner. [Figs. 40-42] illustrate different pitches of steps and methods of setting the brick. Great care should be taken in the laying of brick steps, if they have to withstand severe usage. The joints should all be filled with a rich cement mortar composed of one part cement to two parts sand.
| Fig. 40. Steps with End-set Treads | Fig. 41. Steps with Flat-set Treads | Fig. 42. Steps with Edge-set Treads |