Content Page: Model Building By Laws

  • Application Of Certain Sections

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    The provisions of sections 64 to 82 shall apply in the calculated design of masonry construction.

  • Empirical Construction In No-Fines Concrete

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    (1) Every empirically constructed no-fines concrete bearing-wall shall comply with the requirements of the following subsections. (2) Its thickness shall be as set out in Table XVI, except that, where it employs, light-mass aggregate and supports a flat, heavy roof, it shall be at least 50 millimetres greater in thickness than set out in Table…

  • Empirically Constructed Plain Normal Concrete Walls And Columns

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    (1) Every empirically constructed bearing-wall, pier and column of plain normal concrete shall comply with the requirements of this section. (2) The effective thickness of such wall shall be not less than set out in Table XV for the same conditions as those set out in sections 44 to 56 for brick wall of the…

  • Requirements For Empirically Constructed Masonry Of Gypsum Blocks

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    (1) Only non-bearing interior walls which are not likely to be exposed to continual dampness may be constructed of gypsum blocks. (2) The dimensions of walls of gypsum blocks shall comply with the requirements for brick partition-walls set out in section 54.

  • Requirements For Empirically Constructed Masonry Of Soil-Cement Building Units

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    Every empirically constructed wall of pre-cast soil-cement building -units shall comply with the following requirements- a) a bearing-wall shall have a thickness of not less than 200 millimetres for a solid wall or not less than 150 millimetres for each leaf of a cavity-wall, and every partition-wall have a thickness of not less than 100…

  • Requirements For Empirically Constructed Masonry Of Natural Stone

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    (1) Thickness.- Empirically constructed natural stone walls shall comply with the following requirements for thickness- a) the thickness of ashlar stone walls shall be not less than that specified under the same conditions for solid brick walls in sections 44 to 56; b) the thickness of squared rubble walls shall be not less than that…

  • 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.