Typical wall thickness

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Might be a "how long is a piece of sting question"

But in a semidetached property, what would the typical dividing wall between the two property thickness be?

Houses are 1900-1915 Sandstone bungalows, Roughly 400mm sandstone round the perimeter but brick/block in between the two property's where the chimney breasts are.

Just doing a few drawings and heat loss calcs and no idea if its single/double/other brick.

Internal walls are mostly 15cm thick including the old plaster on each side.
 
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Scottish domestic construction differs from English, but generally the party walls - if of brick - are 9" (215) thick. (Though plenty of Victorian houses down here have half-brick party walls).
 
The vast majority of brick buildings I've dealt with had party walls 225mm with a few that were single leaf but very rare.
Stone buildings I dealt with were generally 450-600mm thick with corresponding party walls, the thickness gave you a rough indication of age, 450 -500mm approx 100-120 years old, 500-550mm approx 120-150 years 550mm+ 150 +years old.
 
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Might be a "how long is a piece of sting question"

But in a semidetached property, what would the typical dividing wall between the two property thickness be?

Houses are 1900-1915 Sandstone bungalows, Roughly 400mm sandstone round the perimeter but brick/block in between the two property's where the chimney breasts are.

Just doing a few drawings and heat loss calcs and no idea if its single/double/other brick.

Internal walls are mostly 15cm thick including the old plaster on each side.
If you're just worried about heat loss, assuming the other bungalow is heated then it should be roughly zero through that wall, no matter how thick.
 

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