Common brick: brick made for general building purposes and not specially treated for color and texture. Also called "building brick."
Course: a continuous row of bricks ...
Common Brick - A brick used where strength in construction is required rather than a pleasing appearance.
Common brick - poorer quality brick used where structure and appearance is not important. Compass bricks - bricks which taper in thickness and/or width. Diaper brickwork - a diamond pattern, achieved by using bricks of different colours.
A facing brick with minor defects or blemishes which is therefore downgraded to a backing or common brick Wasting - Removing excess stone roughly with a waster before dressing a block as dimension stone and/or; Spread and level ...
See also: Brick, Finish, Scribe, House, Concrete
 
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