The Guide for the Walls of Buildings and Homes.

The different kinds of walls, old and modern, the causes of their deterioration, the repairs and the required improvements to avoid future deteriorations.

The advantages and disadvantages of different materials, the causes of their deterioration, the solutions for protecting different kind of walls.

The Solidity of different kind of walls and the minimum recommended designs.

Walls and Buildings have changed enormously through the centuries.

We will look into the construction and structure of different walls of buildings.

In past centuries, the walls where made of granite blocks and where the "main structure" of the buildings in addition to being the walls.

In our modern times, the majority of the main structures of buildings is an inside metal structure that supports the panels of the outside walls.

There is very few building where the structure is made of columns of concrete with reinforcing steel rods as the main structure.

One of the first high-rise built this way is Place Victoria in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

We will definitely look into materials, such as concrete, metal structure, vapor barriers, insulation and the new synthetic wall materials. Return to Home Page from Walls of Buildings.