Designing for brick slips - avoiding partial bricks

[RedRhino]

I guess it makes sense to nudge the dimensions on a timber frame house so that there is an exact integer number of brick slips around windows / doors / corners etc. 

Can someone explain a bit more please. Is there an existing thread? 

 

Matching dimensions to whole bricks - is that a dark art or standard practise? 

Is it only realistic for heights or widths as well? Are brick slips that standard in manufacture? Are all bricks the same size?

I can imagine a worst case scenario where we take a whole lot more time and effort but through tolerance stack up, instead of some fitting and some not, all the bricks are just out and need trimming. 

 

thanks

[Mr Punter]

There are brick dimensions charts that you can download.

[maxe307]

The brick development association has a number of useful resources available:

 

https://www.brick.org.uk/uploads/downloads/04.-Designing-to-brickwork-dimensions-Techical-Guide-2023.f1678701338.pdf

 

Its only useful if you are using 215 x 65mm sized bricks however. 

[RedRhino]

Thank you that link was v useful. My slips are 65mm so the article is directly relevant