Originally Posted by
Eric Barker
So, how do you guys deal with corbeled brick? Last I heard, it was allowed.
Eric,
Me thinks you may have missed something in the posts above ...
(I've added the underlining below.)
Originally Posted by
Jerry Peck
Because the exception to having the masonry units (bricks) fully bedded is corbeling, and corbeling requires a fully bedded first course then the wall thickness is maintained vertically up the inside face, with the wall getting thicker as the wall is corbeled out. This keeps the bricks from toppling over.
The wall in that photo is not 'corbeled out', it is just 'set out part way', i.e., the first course is not fully bedded, leaving part of the wall unsupported and unbalanced.