Hi all,
Our estate, built in the 1970s, is full of houses with 50mm cavity walls.
But, on the front elevation, the wall changes at the top of the ground floor and the first floor masonry consists of solid blockwork so it goes from 250mm thick wall at the bottom to 200mm thick above.
The blockwork bridges the 50mm cavity.
The result is that the first floor wall sits 50mm behind the ground floor wall and is then clad with tile.
I assume the tile is both for aesthetics but also to protect the blockwork from rain.
Has anyone come across this before? Does it have a name for this method of construction (I can think of a few!)
It seems poor practice but maybe is was just the done thing at the time?
Thanks,
Mark.
Our estate, built in the 1970s, is full of houses with 50mm cavity walls.
But, on the front elevation, the wall changes at the top of the ground floor and the first floor masonry consists of solid blockwork so it goes from 250mm thick wall at the bottom to 200mm thick above.
The blockwork bridges the 50mm cavity.
The result is that the first floor wall sits 50mm behind the ground floor wall and is then clad with tile.
I assume the tile is both for aesthetics but also to protect the blockwork from rain.
Has anyone come across this before? Does it have a name for this method of construction (I can think of a few!)
It seems poor practice but maybe is was just the done thing at the time?
Thanks,
Mark.
