Application of Brick Tie
Brick Ties provide a connection between the wood structure and brick façade.
Installation of Brick Tie: Holes sized for 10d commons. See code for spacing requirements.
Advantage of Brick Tie
Many of the brick walls that are visible in a modern city are veneers or facades — thin shells of single-layer brick overlaying a structural skeleton — so brick ties are an important component of bricklaying.
The use of veneers or facades reduces the amount of weight that the bricks are expected to bear, but it also makes the walls more vulnerable to wind stresses. Using brick ties to connect the brick veneer to the load-bearing structures of a building transfers some of the wind pressure to the building as a whole, keeping the bricks in place and reducing flex damage.