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BS 8103-2:1996
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Structural design of low-rise buildings Code of practice for masonry walls for housing
Hardcopy , PDF
14-03-2005
English
15-01-1996
Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Field of application
5 Materials and components
6 Conditions relating to the wall
7 Horizontal lateral support by roof and floors
8 Masonry chimneys
9 Parapet walls
Annexes
A (normative) External walls of small single storey
non-residential buildings and annexes
B (informative) Design provisions for movement in
masonry
Tables
1 Maximum heights of buildings on normal level sites
within the scope of this code
2 Maximum heights of buildings on steeply sloping sites
within the scope of this code
3 British Standards for materials and components listed
4 Minimum bearing length for lintels
5 Selection of types and lengths of wall ties
6 Value of X
Figures
1 Field of application
2 Walls with a difference in ground level on opposite
sides
3 Map of United Kingdom showing basic wind speed (in m/s)
4 Maximum height of building
5 Measuring wall heights
6 Maximum plan areas
7 Building size and shape
8 Minimum wall thickness for external and separating
walls
9 Minimum wall thickness for external and separating
walls with storey heights A and d
10 Compressive strength of masonry units for buildings
11 Lintel spanning in the plane of the wall
12 Lintel spanning at right angles to the wall
13 Spacings of wall ties
14 Internal buttressing walls
15 Piers and chimneys providing restraint
16 Size and position of openings and recesses
17 Size of chases
18 Sizes of chimneys
19 Sizes of parapet walls
A.1 Size and shape of buildings or annexes
A.2 Location of openings
A.3 Wall thicknesses
A.4 Horizontal lateral restraint at roof level
B.1 Movement joint at change in external wall height
B.2 Offsets
B.3 Movement joints in terraced housing
List of references
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