Content Page: 5 Masonry and Walling

  • General Requirements For Soil-Cements Units

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    (1)Soil-cement building-units shall not be use in masonry in the following cases- a) in basement-walls or foundation-walls; b) in lintels and arches; c) in walls exposed, in the opinion of the local authority, to prolonged rainfall or continual dampness; d) in veneered walls. (2) Soil-cement blocks and soil-cement bricks may be used in bearing-walls other…

  • General Requirements For Hollow Masonry Units

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    Where hollow masonry building-units are used in masonry construction, the following requirements shall be complied with- a) where roofs, floors or beams bear directly on walls, piers or columns, either- i) all cavities in the top course of the building -units in the supporting member shall be completely filled with mortar of the same class…

  • Cavity-Walls : General

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    (1) Cavity-walls may be used for load-bearing purposed, subject to the conditions specified in this section. (2) The inner and outer leaves of the shall be separated by a cavity which shall, throughout, be of a width of not less than 50 and not more than 75 millimetres, and, where the damp-proof layer does not…

  • Partition-Walls

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    Every partition-wall shall either be bonded or anchored to cross-walls at both ends as required by section 8 or 19, or shall be so fixed at one end only and at the other be fixed to a framework which, in the opinion of the local authority, provided an adequate lateral support.

  • Panel-Walls

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    (1) Panel-walls shall be secured to the structural frame at both ends and, where required by section 52, along their tops, so as to prevent lateral movement, by means of corrosion-resistant anchors, each of cross-sectional area of not less than 60 square millimetres. (2) There shall be one anchor for each 0,5 square metre or…

  • Masonry Curtain-Wall

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    (1) Masonry curtain-walls shall be tied to the horizontal and vertical structural members of the building frame by means of corrosion-resistant anchors, which are secured to such members with fastenings which develop the full strength of the fastenings which develop the full strength of the anchor, and there shall be at least anchor for each…

  • Faced Walls

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    (1) For empirically constructed faced walls the building-units and mortar comprising both facing and backing shall comply with the requirements of section 42. (2) No materials other than those referred to in S.A.B.S. 073 shall be used for anchors unless they are tested and shown to be satisfactory, in the opinion of the local authority.…

  • Veneered Walls

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    (1) Materials used as veneers shall have a thickness not less than stated in S.A.B.S. 073 except where the local authority permits a local diminution of thickness such as required to permit the support of veneer on a rib, slab or beam. (2) Materials used for masonry veneer shall be sound and durable and free…

  • Parapet-Walls, Balustrade-Walls And Breast-Walls

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    (1) Masonry parapet-walls shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of section 63 to 82, unless they are bonded into return walls bonded to the structural frame of the building, or are tied to reinforced-concrete or reinforced-brick columns, or bonded into reinforced-brick piers. (2) Reinforced-concrete columns shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions…

  • Retaining-Walls : General

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    (1) Every retaining-wall which does not comply with the provisions of section 46 or 46 shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of section 63 to 82. (2) A French drain or other efficient form of drain shall be provided behind a wall over 400 millimetres in height, intended to act as a retaining…