Articles about Cavity Walls

Cavity Walls – Construction, Composites, Insulation, Ties and Cavity Trays

Cavity walls consist of two skins and a gap in between. However, most walls of this type would be now described as composite as their cavity is filled with insulation. Composite walls usually have brickwork as an outer skin and either further brickwork or concrete blockwork inside, with insulation in the blockwork’s holes in modern [...]

Written by Building Dave on January 6, 2010 – 1:31 pm | In the Observations section | The post also has the topics , , , , , | Comments (0)

Brickwork Types and Styles

Brick walls, bonded together using mortar, come in a wide range of different styles and formats.
An all stretcher wall is very common and is made up of entirely stretcher face bricks facing outwards. Occasionally headers may be seen where adjoining walls enter at right angles and the headers bond the walls together.
Usually stretcher walls are [...]

Written by Understood on December 29, 2009 – 1:20 pm | In the Observations section | The post also has the topics , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)