6 Types of walls used in Building Construction
Wall is a structural element of a building. It divides a space into two spaces (rooms) and provides safety and shelter. Generally, walls are divides into two types outer-walls and inner-walls.
Outer-walls it keeps the house for shelter and inner-walls helps to partition into the required number of rooms. Inner walls which called as Partition walls or Interior Walls and Outer walls which called as Exterior walls.
Types of Walls
1. Load Bearing Wall
Load bearing wall is the whole building structure is rested on walls instead of columns. Basically the loads from slab transfers to the beams, from beams to the columns and then it spread.
Load bearing wall is identify by the structure of beams and slabs but not columns. Whether its exterior or interior walls, the wall which is bearing the whole weight of structure, include self-weight of structural elements which is called Load bearing wall.
2. Non-load Bearing wall or Drop Wall
Partition walls in the building are the best example of Non-load Bearing Wall. It doesn?t support any floor or roof loads. Their thicknesses vary between 100mm to 125mm.It wont carry any weight of the structure.
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It is constructed for dividing a space (room) into two spaces (rooms). It can be removed or separate without affecting the building structure.
Non-Load bearing walls which called as Drop wall or Filling wall.
3. Retaining Wall
Retaining wall which is built to maintain the unequal level of the ground. These walls are relatively rigid walls and used to support soil lateral. The wall can be made of RCC or CRS.
4. Shear wall
This wall which is constructed for the lift pit, Water sump or Staircase retains the soil. The wall bears two pressures on it either it may be wind pressure and soil pressure neither wind pressure or water pressure.