SOLAS Bricklaying case studies
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The SOLAS Bricklaying apprenticeship is an Irish craft apprenticeship delivered through the Generation Apprenticeship system, the central route to skills development in Ireland. It is aimed at people who want to train as bricklayers while employed, combining on-the-job experience with off-the-job training at a registered provider. The SOLAS Bricklaying case studies are 5 cases and about 3,387 words.
1Diagonals 20 mm Out on a Front Elevation About to Be Bricked
You are an apprentice bricklayer on a two-storey detached house in a housing scheme. The blockwork to both gable ends and the rear wall is up to first-floor level; the front elevation is now being set out for the facing brick.
646 words, about 3 min2Facing Brickwork in a Frost Forecast with Frozen Sand
It is mid-November and you are on the facing brick outer leaf of a two-storey house extension, 60 m² of work, coloured sand-faced brick in a 1:1:6 mortar with a plasticiser. At 08:00 the air temperature is 2 °C and falling, with a clear night forecast to −3 °C.
673 words, about 3 min3Raised Patio that Would Swallow the Damp Proof Course
You are building the external leaf of a single-storey extension in a 300 mm cavity wall: 100 mm concrete block inner leaf, 150 mm clear cavity, 102.5 mm facing brick outer leaf. The DPC is set so that it sits 150 mm above the existing finished ground level on the front and sides, lapped to the DPM under the floor slab.
682 words, about 3 min4Choosing and Bedding a Lintel Over a 2.1 m Sliding Door Opening
You are on a bungalow, building a 215 mm cavity wall: 102.5 mm facing brick outer leaf, 100 mm cavity, 100 mm block inner leaf. A sliding patio door is scheduled with a 2.1 m clear structural opening.
710 words, about 4 min5Repointing a Soft Red Solid Wall Already Damaged by Cement
You are asked to repoint 30 m² of a north-east-facing external wall of a solid-brick two-storey house built around 1900. The brick is a soft red, and the original bedding and jointing appears to be a lime-rich mortar.
676 words, about 3 min