CLASSIFICATION OF WALLS

LOAD BEARING WALL: It bears loads placed on it from beams and slabs above including its self-weight and bring it to the foundation. These walls support structural members such as beams, slabs, and walls on the above floors above. It combines from the roof to the floor. It can be an outer wall or inside the wall.

BEARING AND NON BEARING WALLS

NON LOAD BEARING WALL: Non-load bearing walls only take their self-weight. This kind of wall does not carry any structural members such as beams and slabs.  It is known as the interior wall and doesn’t carry another load than its self-load. These walls are just used as partition walls or to separate rooms from outside. It is known as the interior wall and doesn’t carry another load than its self-load.

CAVITY WALLS: It is a wall constructed from two thicknesses of brickwork or blockwork with a cavity between them. Cavity walls help to prevent the penetration of rain to the internal surface of the wall. This type of building wall construction consisting of an outer wall fixed to the inner wall detached by an air space. Cavity walls help to prevent the penetration of rain to the internal surface of the wall.

CAVITY WALLS

SHEAR WALL: Shear walls are a framed wall created to resist lateral forces. It is used to repel wind and earthquake loading on a building. It is typically a wood frame stud walls covered with a structural sheathing material like plywood. It is a vertical element of the horizontal force resisting system. It is used to repel wind and earthquake loading on a building. It is typically a wood frame stud walls covered with a structural sheathing material like plywood.

SHEAR WALL

PARTITION WALL: Partition wall is an inside non-load bearing wall to divide the bigger space into lesser spaces. These walls are built up of glass, fiberboards or brick masonry. The heights of a partition wall depend on the use which may be one story or part of one story.

PARTITION WALL

PANEL WALL: The panel wall is broadly made of wood and is an exterior non-load bearing wall in framed construction. It remains totally backed at each story but subjected to lateral loads. It is used for the aesthetics of the buildings both inside and outside.

PANEL WALL

VENEERED WALL: Masonry veneer walls are a single non-structural external masonry wall made of brick, stone or manufactured stone. It has an air space behind and is called as an anchored veneer.

VENEERED WALL