Construction of a wall is a prominent activity in a building work. building wall are categorised in two that is External Wall and Internal wall which is including the inside building partition. Building wall can be build using various material. Among them are masonry, Timber, concrete, metal and mixture of material which can be call composite. Each of this material have their own construction method to ensure the integrity of the building. However over here we will focus on masonry wall.
Tools and equipment for sale: Click HERE link to purchase
Masonry wall usually come in three variance of thickness. The three variance are Half brick wall, one brick wall and double brick wall. The construction of these three variance of thickness is actually the same. below is how the construction of the masonry wall a done.
Step 1:
setting out of the wall position by method of string and plumbob.
setting out of the wall position shall be in accordance with the architectural construction drawings.
Tools and equipment for sale: Click HERE link to purchase
Step 2:
construction of the wall base follows after step 1. construction of this foundation consist of a layer cement mortar (usually 1:3 ratio) , a layer of Exmet wire embedded in the cement mortar, a layer of damp proof course and the top layer is another layer of cement mortar.
Step 3:
Immediately after the top layer of the foundation, a layer of masonry shall be lay with the guidance of the previously installed string. This string will ensure the verticality and horizontal line of the wall.
Step 4:
On the top of the masonry layer, another layer of cement mortar shall follow. This process shall continue until it reach the fourth course of the masonry layer.
step 5:
Right after the fourth course of the masonry layer, another layer of cement mortar shall be laid follow by a layer of exmet wire then covered with another layer of cement mortar.
Step 6:
Repeat the process from step 3 until step 5. All the process shall be the same until the whole piece of wall is complete.
Step 7:
After the completion of the masonry work for the wall. the next sequence of the activity will be wall cover up using cement mortar. The covered up work is called plastering.
The construction of the masonry wall is relatively easy. However do not overlook on the the housekeeping process. I Stressed the words of housekeeping here because many masonry layer usually failed to cleaned the excess mortar that drop on the ground just next to the foundation. This excess must be cleaned before it get hardened. If this excess not cleaned it will affect the work of the plasterer and also the floor renderer.
Tools and equipment for sale: Click HERE link to purchase
Tools and equipment for sale: Click HERE link to purchase
| Masonry wall |
 |
| Timber wall |
| Metal wall (decorative) |
| Concrete wall |
Masonry wall usually come in three variance of thickness. The three variance are Half brick wall, one brick wall and double brick wall. The construction of these three variance of thickness is actually the same. below is how the construction of the masonry wall a done.
Step 1:
setting out of the wall position by method of string and plumbob.
| Plumbob |
setting out of the wall position shall be in accordance with the architectural construction drawings.
Tools and equipment for sale: Click HERE link to purchase
Step 2:
construction of the wall base follows after step 1. construction of this foundation consist of a layer cement mortar (usually 1:3 ratio) , a layer of Exmet wire embedded in the cement mortar, a layer of damp proof course and the top layer is another layer of cement mortar.
Step 3:
Immediately after the top layer of the foundation, a layer of masonry shall be lay with the guidance of the previously installed string. This string will ensure the verticality and horizontal line of the wall.
Step 4:
On the top of the masonry layer, another layer of cement mortar shall follow. This process shall continue until it reach the fourth course of the masonry layer.
step 5:
Right after the fourth course of the masonry layer, another layer of cement mortar shall be laid follow by a layer of exmet wire then covered with another layer of cement mortar.
Step 6:
Repeat the process from step 3 until step 5. All the process shall be the same until the whole piece of wall is complete.
Step 7:
After the completion of the masonry work for the wall. the next sequence of the activity will be wall cover up using cement mortar. The covered up work is called plastering.
The construction of the masonry wall is relatively easy. However do not overlook on the the housekeeping process. I Stressed the words of housekeeping here because many masonry layer usually failed to cleaned the excess mortar that drop on the ground just next to the foundation. This excess must be cleaned before it get hardened. If this excess not cleaned it will affect the work of the plasterer and also the floor renderer.
Tools and equipment for sale: Click HERE link to purchase
