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wrote:
I have a window design 4.5 bricks wide (40 inches).
Would it be considered bad from / look bad if the bricks against the
opening were half-brick on
one side / whole brick on the other on each layer ? Obviously this
would alternate from one
layer to the next ? Would anyone even notice that the bond was not
symmetrical either side of
the window ?
Thanks,
Simon.

Its called 'reverse bond' and is not the done thing. From both a
designers and bricklayers perspective it is wrong

Whether anyone would notice is another matter.

dg