A presentation on common wall types for domestic construction.

1. Walls

2. Learning Intentions
1. Understand different types of typical domestic wall types
2. Understand timber frame wall componentry and construction
3. Effective reading of architectural plan drawings
4. Use the Wall tools in Revit

3. Load-bearing and non load-bearing?
Load bearing walls function as structures that transfer the forces from a roof into the
footings and foundations. All external walls are load bearing, and some internal walls
can be load-bearing.
Non load-bearing walls only function to divide the space of a building for privacy and
usability reasons.

4. Cavity Brick Walls
● Brick inner and outer leaf
● Insulated in between
● Cavity is left to allow air to
circulate and moisture to drain.
● Weep holes in outer leaf to allow
drainage
● Poor thermal qualities

5. Timber Frame Walls - Brick veneer
● Most commonly used in house
and domestic construction
● Very good thermal properties
● Outer leaf (finish) can be made
from a range of materials eg: brick,
concrete, plaster etc
● Inner leaf supports the load of the
building.
● Outer leaf is a decorative and
weatherproofing layer.
● Insulation incorporated into the
timber studding

6. Timber Frame Walls - Rendered veneer
● Another common finish to timber
frame domestic construction
● A decorative ceramic ‘plaster like’
coating to provide waterproofing
to external walls
● Very good thermal properties
● Consists of crushed stone and/or
shell with a bonding agent and is
‘cast’ onto the wall, coating it.
● Can be used on any wall

7. Brick - Block Walls
● Brick outer leaf and block inner
leaf
● May have insulation, or not
● Cavity to allow air flow and
moisture drainage
● Weep holes to outer leaf to allow
drainage
● Poor thermal qualities

8. Plasterboard walls
● Most internal walls in modern
buildings have a plasterboard
finish
● Plasterboard is made from a
gypsum compound sandwiched
between 2 layers of cardboard
● Insulation may be incorporated
into the timber stud, or not