what is header in brick work?

Square face of the brick is called as header. If all the bricks on the facing of the wall are placed as headers then the work is called Header Bond. Header bond is used for the construction of walls with full brick thickness. This kind of bond is not preferable for load bearing walls as it lacks strength in pressure transmission along the length of the wall. This kind of bond if good when doing curved surfaces and also can be used for the brickwork in foundation.

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Header: A masonry unit laid flat on its bed across the width of a wall with its face perpendicular to the face of the wall.

The one brick header frog in cement mortar and second brick surface joint one brick and two brick

The short face of the brick in known as header and the longer is stretcher