Masonry Manuals



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#1: Fire & Sound Resistance (Vic)
This brochure is intended as a guide for the design of walls requiring fire resistance using Besser masonry units.
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#2: Concrete Masonry Lintels (Vic)
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#3: Compressive Load Capacity (Vic)
The design tables and graphs provided in this technical literature have been prepared by Austral Bricks specifically for walls constructed using Austral Bricks products.
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#4: The Linkwall System (Vic)
Austral Bricks Cut Diamond or Vertica segmental masonry block retaining walls in combination with polyester geogrids provide a proven, aesthetically pleasing and cost-effective method of constructing retaining walls with varying heights.
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