Content Page: 44 Permissible “Storey” Dimensions For Empirically Constructed Brick Bearing-Walls

(1) For empirically constructed solid-brick bearing walls, the total height of the wall, including the height of the foundation-wall, shall not exceed the following, when laid in class A, B or C mortar- a) for single-storey buildings, 5,4 metres; b) for two-storey building, 9 metres; c) for three-storey buildings, 12 metres; d) for four-storey buildings,…