New Zealand - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

[intern]

https://www.realestate.co.nz/3719134/residential/sale/4-pennine-way-huntsbury

 

This is nice...

 

That's magnificent!!

[hayleyearth]

https://www.realestate.co.nz/3719134/residential/sale/4-pennine-way-huntsbury

 

This is nice...

My experience from my years of building Lego, I do not understand how people in NZ can get away with building houses (support walls etc) with those blocks all in one line. They don't overlap half-half. Surely it takes strength away from the build, especially in places that needs it where lands move distantly.

[intern]

My experience from my years of building Lego, I do not understand how people in NZ can get away with building houses (support walls etc) with those blocks all in one line. They don't overlap half-half. Surely it takes strength away from the build, especially in places that needs it where lands move distantly.

 

You get different types of bonds with masonry; the overlap is generally called Running Bond (with variations in the pattern including Flemish Bond, English Bond, Common Bond, James Bond, Bondi Blu, Bondi Beach, etc). When they are in a straight stack, they're called Stack Bond. Generally you'll find those are reinforced with steel ties - they are no less structurally sound than other bonds, but they do look weak to the slightly trained eye which expects the overlaps...

[intern]

All in all though, it's just another brick in the wall.

[patham]

My experience from my years of building Lego, I do not understand how people in NZ can get away with building houses (support walls etc) with those blocks all in one line. They don't overlap half-half. Surely it takes strength away from the build, especially in places that needs it where lands move distantly.

 

I know the simple overlap bond being Stretcher. I do not know the NZ building code, but maybe having a vertically stacked bond system for hollow blocks allows for vertical rebar and concrete reinforcement at strategic locations? 

 

But I was taught by my one master builder boss that the running bonds are always better for plain masonry. They also disguise minor imperfections in the laying / spacing process than having a visible rectangular grid. 

[intern]

I know the simple overlap bond being Stretcher. I do not know the NZ building code, but maybe having a vertically stacked bond system for hollow blocks allows for vertical rebar and concrete reinforcement at strategic locations? 

 

But I was taught by my one master builder boss that the running bonds are always better for plain masonry. They also disguise minor imperfections in the laying / spacing process than having a visible rectangular grid. 

Yep, stretcher (or running) bond is one of the easiest to lay. For stacked, you need a higher tolerance on the bricks or blocks to achieve that perfect vertical line...

[intern]

Source: Did some minor masonry work around my house, now consider myself an expert.

[patham]

Source: Did some minor masonry work around my house, now consider myself an expert.

 

Still more training than 99.8% of all expert opinions found on the internet. 

[Wayne Potgieter]

TIL about brick stuff.

[intern]

TIL about brick stuff.

 

You weren't paying attention Wayne. This is Bond stuff.

[Wayne Potgieter]

You weren't paying attention Wayne. This is Bond stuff.

same thing.

[Wayne Potgieter]

You weren't paying attention Wayne. This is Bond stuff.

same thing.

[patham]

And Wayne, with your double post you perfectly illustrate the concept of Stack Bond, where all the elements line up vertically superimposed.

 

You must have been paying attention after all  

 

You can collect your internet expert qualification on your way out.

[intern]

Check this quick commentary from Sir Bob Jones:

https://nopunchespulled.com/2020/05/06/simon-bridges-scores/

[intern]

He's a Sir, lads, so we'd better listen to ole Bob eehhhh

[intern]

And here comes the daft 'buy local' idiocy, as if on cue:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/back-your-backyard/300006414/new-zealands-immediate-focus-should-be-on-domestic-tourism-before-we-look-at-a-transtasman-bubble

 

Here we go again with standing in a bucket and trying to lift ourselves up by the handle. This is why everyone should have at least a basic understanding of economics. After all, economics describes how the world works, which may well also be the reason it's called the dismal science.

 

(the real reason it's so described, of course, is because unlike other branches of science, economics isn't an exact one).