What is single skin brickwork?

[simondyntDBeK]

Hi,

I have a pretruding extension on the back of my house that two surveyors reckon is single skin brickwork - what does this mean?

Someone told me that it means they just have a layer of bricks then that's it - rather than a layer of bricks - some space for insulation then another layer of bricks.

It's looks quite thick to me!

Simon

 

[noseall]

generally you have either single skin, (4.5") twin skin, (9") or cavity wall. this can obviously vary depending on the cavity thickness.

 

[^woody^]

It may be single skin, but it could be dry-lined internally or insulated to give it more apparent thickness. It would still be termed as a single skin wall.

Look at the thickness at any door or window openings, and compare with the sizes mentioned in previous post