A colleague at my work place is adamant that his family home was built with a solid wall, 1 brick thick and a stretcher bond. He also claims it does not have wall ties? I'm no expert but I thought stretcher bond on a solid wall more than 1/2 brick thick wasn't done but at least if it was for building regs it would at least have to have wall ties or something other than mortar between the skins?
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1 brick thick and strecher bond? Unlikely, 1/2 brick and stretcher bond would indicate cavity wall. 1 brick is 9" and if solid wall would have some headers depending on bond. As said, how old is the house? cavity walls were rare before the war i.e. pre 1940.
I'm looking at a 215 thk stretcher bond garden wall outside my office right now.
I'd be pretty sure it's got ties in there at the same spacings as you'd use for a cavity wall.
Never seen it done on a house though...but I guess it's possible...
I'd be pretty sure it's got ties in there at the same spacings as you'd use for a cavity wall.
Never seen it done on a house though...but I guess it's possible...
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not for the external walls,definitely not but not uncommon for victorian party walls, in workers terraces.
Also worked on some tiny victorian terraces, which were two skins of strecher bond with maybe only 20 headers in the whole elevation
Also worked on some tiny victorian terraces, which were two skins of strecher bond with maybe only 20 headers in the whole elevation
It's the normal way to bond a 9 inch garden wall nowadays, as you can get 2 good faces.
I have worked on some older houses which were 9 inch solid built in stretchers. It was sometimes used, especially in the 20's and 30's.
The bricklayers would often increase the thickness of the wall joint to about an inch to make it easier to lay the inside skin. It was sometimes confused with a cavity wall and was mistakenly called a finger cavity, although in reality it was a solid wall.
Oh ?!? I thought they came in around 1900 ? Do you have a reference for that ? Just curious....
It depends on the area. In coastal places such as Southampton they were being built in the 1860's. Inland areas came later.
I wonder if you might know of a website that has this sort of historical / architectural information ? Our cottage is listed, and we'd love to know more.
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