For most standard bricks that would be 215mm.
Brick and block wall thickness.
For most standard bricks that would be 215mm.
Blockwork and brickwork dimensions work size represents dimensions of a typical block brick used in blockwork brickwork in europe.
See more on the regulationsusing a traditional cavity wall you will probably end up with something like the following.
In the building trade the thickness of the walls excludes the plaster so if a wall is plastered on both sides its actual thickness will be 1 or 1 5 more than its stated thickness in an architectural drawing or contract.
For instance a 6 cmu is nominally 6 deep while a 10 cmu is nominally 10 deep.
Laying the header bricks perpendicular to the plane of the wall creates a load bearing result.
Most of the time in housing we have an outer skin or wythe in american half brick wall laid in stretcher bond which would be 102 5mm thick which is the width of the brick.
The thickness of the wall they create.
In the uk the thickness of a wall that was one brick thick is based on the length of the brick.
On the other hand solid masonry brick walls contain two or more layers of thickness attached during the masonry process and held together with metal ties or header bricks.
For brick walls a common thickness is 230mm 9 and for concrete block walls common thicknesses are 200mm 8 150mm 6 and 100mm 4.