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  • 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…

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Bearing-Walls 100 Millimetres In Thickness

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick bearing-walls shall have a thickness of not less than 100 millimetres, and shall be constructed to comply with the requirements of the following subsections. (2) external walls of a thickness of 100 millimetres shall be permitted to be constructed for use in any veranda, loggia, garage to a dwelling-house, greenhouse, servant’s…

  • Empirically Constructed Brick Foundation-Walls And Basement Walls

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    (1) Empirically constructed brick foundation-walls, sleeper-walls or basement-walls shall coply with the requirements of the following subsections. (2) The effective of such walls shall be not less than 215 millimetres, measured exclusive of skin-walls which protect damp-proof treatment. (3) Fill placed between such walls shall not be placed before the periods set out in section…

  • Permissible “Storey” Dimensions For Empirically Constructed Brick Bearing-Walls

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    (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,…

  • Minimum Requirements For Materials For Empirical Construction

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    (1) Except where otherwise specifically permitted in this Chapter, the compressive strength of building-units and the class of mortar used in the erection of empirically constructed masonry walls which are not heavily veneered shall be not inferior to that shown in Table VI and VII for the type of wall and construction, and for the…