Walls

**__Walls __ ** 



Walls are part of the structure of any building, they're used to protect us from the exterior, from the wind, the rain, the cold or the heat. In ancient times, walls were used to protect us from animals, but now that we are living on cities, that's not the main purpose of walls. They are "solid structures" that delimitate spaces, like interior or exterior, or even bedroom and bathroom. Sometimes they even support buildings, for they are used as structural elements. The materials that are used for constructing walls are many. You can use concrete, stone, bricks, wood and even glass. __

 //__Boundary walls __// Privacy walls, boundary-marking walls on properties, separating interior-exterior.  //__Retaining walls __// They’re used in urban planning. Can be external to a building or part of a building; it can provide a barrier to the movement of earth, stone or water. Can be use in dikes or cofferdams and bulkheads.  //Types of retaining walls: //<span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; color: #ad2e6a; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gravity walls Piling walls Cantilever walls Anchored walls <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> //__<span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; color: #ad2e6a; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Load bearing wall __//<span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; color: #ad2e6a; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; color: #ad2e6a; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It's one on which a wall of a structure bears the weight and force resting upon it, conducting, the vertical load from the upper structure to the foundation. It supports the weight of floors and roofs. Load bearing walls can be made of concrete or brick. It’s one of the earliest forms of construction. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> //__<span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; color: #ad2e6a; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Non-bearing wall __// <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; color: #ad2e6a; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">They are used just for separating spaces, in the exterior or the interior of a building. It doesn’t support loads from any element. Non bearing walls can be made of concrete, brick, glass, wood, and many others. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-VE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
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