1. Dezyne E’ Cole College
www.dezyneecole.com
Yasmeen. S B-Sc-I D –II Sem.
Dezyne E’cole College
TOPIC: CLASSIFICATION OF STONE
MASONRY &DRESSING OF STONE

2. MASONRY
•Construction of building units bonded together
•Masonry is basically a wall material

3. Types of MASONRY
• Stone masonry
• Brick masonry
• Reinforced brick masonry
• Composite masonry
• Hallow concrete block masonry
• Load bearing wall tile masonry

4. STONE MASONRY
Means
Stone craft

5. Stone
Masonry
Rubble
masonry
Uncoursed rubble
masonry
Random rubble
masonry
Coursed rubble
masonry
Dry rubble masonry
Ashlar
masonry
Ashlar fine
Ashlar rough tool
Ashlar chamfered
Ashlar facing
Types of Stone Masonry

6. Rubble masonry
Rough, Unhewn Building Stone Set In Mortar, But Not Laid In Regular
Courses
Dry rubble masonry
Random rubble
masonry
Coursed rubble
masonry
Uncoursed rubble
masonry

7. Ashlar masonry
It is finely dressed (cut, worked) masonry, either an individual stone that has
been worked until squared
Ashlar Fine
Ashlar Chamfered
Ashlar Rough Tool
Ashlars Facing

8. SELECTION OF STONE FOR
MASONRY

9. DRESSING OF STONES
The stones after being quarried are to be cut into suitable sizes and with
suitable surfaces

10. Commonly Used Tools
• Pick
• Face hammer
• Scabbling hammer
• Mallet
• Sutke
• Mash hammer
• Spalling hammer
• Pitching tool
• Punch
• Chisel
• Toothed chisel
• Claw chisel
• Jumper
• Drag
• Saw for soft stone
• Crosscut saw

11. Types of Dressed Surfaces
• HAMMER DRESSED OR QUARRY-FACED SURFACE
• ROUGH TOOLED SURFACE.
• TOOLED SURFACE
• CUT STONE SURFACE
• RUBBED SURFACE
• POLISHED SURFACE

12. Thank You

13. Queries