The results of the numerical determination of the effective elastic properties of the material masonry. Unlike investigated elastic characteristics brickwork in different directions depending on the correlation properties of brick and mortar. The problem of determining the allowable range shifting layers of masonry and the problem of bending of a brick wall, taking into account orthotropy material properties of masonry with different ratios of the elastic characteristics of brick mortar and reinforcement, and shows in which cases should be considered orthotropy material properties of masonry, and the material can be considered to be isotropic .