For instance a 6 cmu is nominally 6 deep while a 10 cmu is nominally 10 deep.
Brick and block wall thickness.
Concrete block cmu sizes concrete masonry units cmus are manufactured in a variety of sizes.
Laying the header bricks perpendicular to the plane of the wall creates a load bearing result.
In the uk the thickness of a wall that was one brick thick is based on the length of the brick.
In the building trade the thickness of the walls excludes the plaster so if a wall is plastered on both sides its actual thickness will be 1 or 1 5 more than its stated thickness in an architectural drawing or contract.
They are identified by their depth i e.
Blockwork and brickwork dimensions work size represents dimensions of a typical block brick used in blockwork brickwork in europe.
For most standard bricks that would be 215mm.
For most standard bricks that would be 215mm.
The thickness of the wall they create.
112m m outer skin of brick or 200 of stone 50 mm cavity 75mm of insulation 100mm insulating breeze block inner wall 25 mm plaster.
See more on the regulationsusing a traditional cavity wall you will probably end up with something like the following.