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A wall is a solid structure that defines and
sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a
building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings
into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air. There are
three principal types of structural walls: building walls, exterior
boundary walls, and retaining walls.
Building wallsBuilding walls have one main purpose: to support roofs and ceilings. Such walls most often have three or more separate components. In today's construction, a building's wall will usually have the structural elements (such as 2×4 studs in a house wall), insulation, and finish elements, or surface (such as drywall or panelling). Boundary walls Boundary walls include privacy walls, boundary-marking walls on property, and city walls. These intergrade into fences; the conventional differentiation is that a fence is of minimal thickness and often is open in nature, while a wall is usually more than a nominal thickness and is completely closed. Retaining wallsIn areas of rocky soils around the world, farmers have often pulled large quantities of stone out of their fields to make farming easier, and have stacked those stones to make walls that either mark the field boundary, or the property boundary, or both. Retaining walls are a special type of wall, that may be either external to a building or part of a building, that serves to provide a barrier to the movement of earth, stone or water. The ground surface or water on one side of a retaining wall will be noticeably higher than on the other side. Types of walls A wall can be built in several different formations depending on it's purpose, placement and individual personal preference of style. With brickwork - there are different types of bonds that can be used including: Stretcher bond, English bond, English garden wall bond, flemish bond and half bands are just a few. Curved bricked walls would often require a header bond depending on the sharpness of the curve. Other types of walls include rock faced block walls, ordinary concrete block - pointed to make it look appealing - a cost effective approach to building walls, often seen inside garages. More expensive but more impressive and
appealing - natural stone - random, cut and dressed, or stone cladding
all give off a massive impression with a traditional, natural and costly
appearance. (See stonework for more
information).
[ Images: Examples of different styles of walls, for larger images see the portfolio section ]
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