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Composite Walls

A composite wall is constructed using two or more types of building materials. It reduces costs while making the structure more durable and improving appearances. Common types include stone or brick facings with rubble, brick, or concrete backings. Brick facings with concrete backings are also used to combine the aesthetics of brick with the strength of concrete.

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Composite Walls

A composite wall is constructed using two or more types of building materials. It reduces costs while making the structure more durable and improving appearances. Common types include stone or brick facings with rubble, brick, or concrete backings. Brick facings with concrete backings are also used to combine the aesthetics of brick with the strength of concrete.

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Composite Wall

Definition

When walls are constructed with two or more


types of building materials
Advantages
• It reduces overall cost of construction.
• This make the structure more durable by
providing materials of better quality and
good workmanship in the faces.
• Improves the appearance of the structure by
concealing the inferior work.
• Makes the use of locally available materials
to obtain optimum economy.
Different Types
• Stone/ Ashlar facing with rubble or brick backing
• Brick facing with concrete backing
Stone facing with brick backing.
• In this type of composite masonry a wall is
constructed in brick work and stones are
provided on facing to appear if constructed
in stone.
• It is adopted to improve the appearance of
the structure at the lesser cost.
Brick facing with concrete backing

• Bricks are used as facing material and


concrete as backing.
• This type of construction is adopted to get
the strength of concrete and the aesthetic of
bricks .
Wall Section
Backer Rod
CMU- Concrete Masonry Unit
•Much larger unit than a brick- laying one
CMU is equivalent to laying 12 bricks :
reduces the labor cost
•Voids in a CMU wall are continuous
through its height. Voids are filled with grout
and reinforced vertically.
•Used in both structural and face veneer
applications
•Larger number of surface finishes and
colors
• available in several
different sizes
• size is generally specified
by its width. An 8-in.-wide
unit is most commonly
used.
Drywall
(plasterboard, wallboard, gypsum panel, sheet rock, or
gypsum board)
Application - interior walls and ceilings
Gypsum boards are produced in many sizes
and thicknesses:
• Size: 4'x8', 4'x10', 4'x16'
• thickness : 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4",5/8"
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