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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:51 pm
by gibbo
Can anyone explain what is required and meant by a wall constructed using 'breeze block with half brick facing' ? This is a stipulation for a retaining wall of 450mm high for a landscape project. I would have thought a single skin would be sufficient in most cases.
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:02 pm
by ABILITY
Means pretty much what it says, wall build in concrete block to provide the structure with a single skin brick face ( has been confused by the half brick comment ) -
This would give you a 9" wall, if using 100mm block, or equivelant to whole brick or double skin wall.
Even at only 450mm a single skin wall is no good for retaining.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:45 pm
by danensis
The confusion arises in that a whole brick wall is 9" thick, and a half-brick wall half that thickness. It doesn't mean you have to build the wall of half-bricks!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:27 am
by Tony McC
You know that, Jon, and I know that, but there's a tit in Little Lever (near Bolton) that obviously didn't! 