Comparative Analysis between Ordinary Brick Masonry and Cavity Wall

  Grishma Thaker,  Shyam Doshi

Simply stated, a cavity wall is two walls of masonry, separated by a cavity of varying dimension. The masonry walls may consist of solid brick, structural clay tile, or concrete masonry units and are bonded together with masonry ties. Cavity walls are not new, they have been observed in ancient Greek and Roman structures. At the Greco Roman town of Pergamum, on the hills overlooking the Turkish town of Bergama, a stone wall of cavity type construction still exists. All materials required are usually available locally, which eliminates costly shipping charges and untimely postponements. Cavity walls are energy efficient when considering the life cycle cost of a building. Description of the properties of cavity walls, including structural properties, water penetration resistance, fire resistance, and thermal and sound transmission properties are included. Recommendations for cavities, flashing, expansion joints, ties and other related subjects are covered. Also covered plan of normal masonry wall & cavity masonry wall and their estimation and costing.

Keywords- Cavity wall, masonry work, brick masonry, cost estimation

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1602050
Page Number(s) - 282-290
Pubished in - Volume 4 | Issue 2 | April 2016
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Grishma Thaker,  Shyam Doshi,   "Comparative Analysis between Ordinary Brick Masonry and Cavity Wall", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.4, Issue 2, pp.282-290, April 2016, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1602050.pdf