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Book Archived
External masonry walls: vertical joints for thermal and moisture movements
Publisher
BRE Archive
Author
BRE Housing Defects Prevention Unit
Format
2 pages
Subject / Keyword
Defect Action Sheet 18, DAS18, masonry, brickwork, blockwork, movement joints, ties, cracks, terraces, terraced houses.
Published Date
01-Feb-1985
ISBN
Defect Action Sheet 18 (Design)
THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN ARCHIVED.
Whilst this publication can still be purchased some of the information in it has been superseded by more recent research and standards. The BRE Group does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage, including - without limitation - indirect or consequential loss or damage arising from use, or loss of use, of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this document.
Failure: Significant cracking - generally vertical but sometimes stepped - of the external leaf of masonry walls
Defect: Inadequate provision for horizontal movements of masonry
Originally published February 1983; new edition February 1985.
Book Archived
External masonry walls: vertical joints for thermal and moisture movements
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