Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...

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The Green Building Store is building its Passivhaus home with cavity walls - not the usual choice but one that works at Denby Dale As far as we know, the Denby Dale house will be the first Passivhaus ...

In cavity-wall construction, stainless steel is now exclusively used to manufacture wall ties, restraint fixings, masonry support systems and windposts. As the trend towards higher specification and ...