A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative.

Statement above is TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

A PARTY WALL is ________________

• Separating walls must be provided with necessary fire requirements served to prevent the spread of fire from one separate unit of house to another.

• A partition is used to divide rooms but does not hold anything up apart from its own weight. It is connected to that wall and provides stability for it.

• An enclosure to the house for security reason and internal walls help to divide the internal spaces.

• The part of the structure of the building that holds the building, used to support roof, floor and other wall loads.

This pictures shows ______________

• marble tiles

• clay bricks

• sand bricks

• stones

Wall built higher than _____________, need intermediate structural members to support the wall.

• 5m

• 6m

• 3m

• 2.8m

This picture show brick layering process. Below are the components needed during the process of brick layering except:

• mortar

• brick

• wire mesh

• column

The application of expanded metal reinforcement in brickwork reduces the detrimental effects of vibration and changes of temperature that can cause cracks.

Statement above is TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Truss Mesh Reinforcement were install in these types of wall except:

• Composite Wall

• Hollow Block Concrete Wall

• Clay Brick Wall

• Sand Brick Wall

Galvanized Steel Sections used to make framing for a _____________________These will be covered with sheeting. Note that wooden surrounds have been installed around door openings.

below

• a metal sheet wall

• a glass wall panel

• a timber wall panel

• a light partition wall

These walls are light and quick to construct. This means that they do not need to rest on pre-planned beams: they can be placed anywhere (as long as engineers have accounted for this in the slab design). This means that they allow for great flexibility in layouts, unlike the heavier masonry walls. They are clearly non-structural in nature.

The statement above referring to these pictures EXCEPT.....

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Which statement below describes the images?

• Load- bearing wall constructed by casting concrete in a reusable wall mold or form which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and lifted into place.

• Load-bearing walls support the weight of a floor or roof structure above. Non-load bearing wall, sometimes called a partition wall, is responsible only for holding up itself.

• Load- bearing walls are a kind of masonry construction that has been used for thousands of years.

• Load bearing wall is the connection between a wall and its stiffening wall;- designed to resist developed tension and compression forces, by anchors or ties or other similar means