Masonry Freestanding Wall - Quick Spec Spreadsheet to BRE GBG 14
Available for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac users.
Available for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac users.
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Spreadsheet for designing masonry freestanding walls. But most importantly it addresses the common challenge of providing a detailed and robust enough specification for freestanding masonry walls. It was designed to generate full specification quickly and easily, even by an inexperienced specifier. In roughly ten clicks you will have a full specification with a descriptive sketch that can be sent directly to site/Contractor or be used to create a standard detail on a drawing. Ideal tool for engineers, architects, contractors and builders. For specifying brickwork and blockwork walls. The spreadsheet is based on rules of thumb given in BRE Good Building Guide 14.
This spreadsheet was specially developed for Windows and Mac users.
- Clear and easy to read output (all on a single page);
- For sheltered and exposed locations; - Four wind exposure zones - includes a pop-up diagram to quickly identify correct exposure zone; - Materials covered: brickwork (clay bricks, calcium silicate bricks, concrete bricks), blockwork; - Specification for site mixing or ready mixed concrete foundations; - Covers dry and wet soils (select from low and high sulphate levels); - In the 'General Notes' section you can write your own notes, comments or specification; - Specification covers: high and low level dps, masonry and mortar specification, brick/block type and density, foundation concrete mix, movement joints spacing and product type, wall ties spacing and product type, bridging over drains or large tree roots, steps in footing, curb requirement when wall is too close to area used by vehicles, gates, and piers; - In-spreadsheet help; - 'Live' section diagram. Includes an elevation view of a typical movement joint; - OPC means Ordinary Portland Cement. SRPC means Sulphate Resisting Portland Cement; - Spreadsheet is based on rules of thumb in BRE Good Building Guide 14 (GBG 14). (Note: macros must be enabled for proper working of the spreadsheet. Follow instructions in this video)
This specification is NOT suitable for:
- Walls higher than 2500mm; - Stone walls, retaining walls or parapet walls on buildings; - Sites with average slope greater than 1 in 10; - Walls used as vehicle crash barrier or protection; - Walls adjacent to public right of way where there is a risk of crowd pressure or of children playing around the wall; - Where excessive vibration, eg from traffic, occurs; - Walls close to a medium (more than 4 storeys) or high rise building (i.e. nearer than a distance equal to height of the building); - Walls on a crest of the hill, or in a vicinity of an extensive hill or mountain range; - Walls used to support a large gate or door; - Where soil substructure is soft (e.g. soft clay, peat, made ground, organic soils) or unstable (e.g. poorly compacted fill); - Where the difference in ground level between each side of the wall exceeds twice the wall thickness; - Soils contaminated by industrial waste where acids may be present.
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