Content Page: 5 Masonry and Walling

  • Dimensional Requirements For Empirically Constructed Masonry Of Blocks

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    (1) Thickness of walls.-Empirically constructed walls of solid, cellular or hollow concrete blocks or of hollow clay blocks shall- a) subject to the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7), have a thickness not less than that prescribed for brick walls in sections 44 to 56; and b) comply with the requirements of…

  • Dimensions Of Empirically Constructed Brick Retaining-Walls

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick non-bearing retaining walls shall conform to the dimensions and be subject to the conditions prescribed in subsections (2) to (9). (2) No superimposed loads, except pedestrian traffic shall be permitted behind the retaining wall within a distance equal to the height of the wall. (3) No structure shall be erected on…

  • Dimensions Of Empirically Constructed Brick Free-Standing Walls

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    (1) Free-standing brick walls of the minimum thickness shown in Table XIII shall not be constructed empirically to greater heights above the adjoining finished ground level than are set forth in that Table. (2) Where the details of piers are given in Table XIII, every such wall shall be bonded into piers which, together with…

  • Dimensions Of Empirically Constructed Brick Partition-Walls

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    The maximum height of empirically constructed brick partition-walls shall be set out in Table XII for the thickness, and unsupported length also set out in that Table. TABLE XII *Thinner partition-walls may be constructed, subject to the approval of the local authority.

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Parapet-Walls And Balustrade-Walls

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick parapet-walls shall have a thickness of not less than one sixth of their height or 215 millimetres, whichever is the greater, and shall be laid in class A mortar. (2) They shall be reinforced in the highest four bed-joints with reinforcement consisting of two stands of steel wire of a diameter…

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Curtain-Walls And Panel-Walls

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick curtain-walls shall- a)have a thickness which is – i) not less than 215 millimetres; and ii) uniform throughout the height of the wall in any one storey; and b)nor exceed a height of- i) 5,4 metres in any one storey; or ii) a total of 18, 3 metres when laid in…

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Wing-Walls

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick wing-walls shall be at least moderately restrained along their tops and shall be not less than 100 millimetres in thickness, and shall not continue though more than two storeys. (2) The storey-height and the length of such wall shall not exceed the following – Table

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Columns

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    (1) Columns which are sleep-piers may be built without design if they are not less than 215 by 215 millimetres in cross-section and not higher than eight times their lateral dimension, and are bedded on a foundation complying with the provisions of Chapter 4. (2) All other columns shall be designed in accordance with sections…

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Cavity-Walls

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick cavity bearing-walls shall comply with the requirements of this section. (2) In single-storey dwelling-houses only, such walls shall have less than 65 millimetres in thickness, and their dimensions shall comply with Table XI. (3) Such gable-walls with leaves 65 millimetres in thickness shall have a height to the top of the…

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Walls Above The Roof

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    (1) Empirically constructed external brick bearing-walls, when used to enclose stairways or habitable or working-space above the general roof-level shall be not less than 215 millimeters in thickness. (2) If the walls referred to in subsection (1) are not hight than 3,6 metres, and the area enclosed between them does not exceed 10 per centum…