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Usually about five inches, counting drywall. Some builders are using thinner lumber for closets and other interior walls, bringing the thickness down to around four or even three inches.

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What does interior walls mean?

It means internal walls in a building.


What is the thickness of a wall on house plans?

for residential wood framed construction, interior walls are typically 4-1/2 inches thick, exterior are 6-1/2.


How thick are the walls of the pentagon?

I have heard they are 3 feet thick with reinforced rebar every four inches..... do you actually think a plane going 1000 miles an hour can penetrate that? I do not


Why did the walls in a traditional masonry bearing wall structure need to be so thick?

What do you mean by 'masonry beariing wall'. A wall can be made of masonry. The part of a building which is weight bearing, is the foundation. What do you mean by thick Iowl der. Masonry walls are usually 10 cm thick, because this was thought to be a very practical thickness if building brick walls about 2&1/2 Metre high. Any thinner, and it would be unstable and fall down. Foundations are made about 45 cm thick so as to distribute the load of the masonry wall evenly over a large area. This reduces the worry that the wall may sink or drop, and allow the walls to collapse .


How can you tell a load bearing wall?

All exterior walls in a home are load bearing. The exterior walls on the gable end of your house do not bear much load, but the walls that the hip of the roof bear on carry your roof and ceiling joints. Interior walls are another story. Usually in a smaller one story home there is a wall that runs the midspan of the house that is load bearing for your roof and ceiling joints.

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Thick walls help keep the house cooler in summer and warmer in winter.


Why do the houses in the desert often have thick walls and small windows?

Thick walls and small windows keep the house cooler in summer and warmer in winter.


How the thick mud walls help maintain the temperature of the house?

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How are thick mud walls help maintain the temperature of the house?

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Does a beagle need a special place to live?

They need a house or apartment with thick walls.


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Thick walls and small windows keep the house cooler in summer and warmer in winter.


How do houses in rajasthan able to withstand the hot summer?

because the houses have thick walls and flat roofs. thick walls keep inside the house cool and flat roofs help to sleep outside


How thick was the walls of the San Diego mission?

The walls were 5 feet thick!


How the thick mud wall help maintain the temperature of the house?

hmm.....it maintain to have a cool house and it will not going to burn early and it has interior walls


How thick were the walls of the Palazzo Medici?

as thick as any other renaissance buildings walls


What is the width of a wall?

It depends on the type of house you have. If you live in a typical American Vinyl Box Style house then the outer walls are built with 2x6s and are roughly 6 inches thick. The inner walls are 4 inches thick. Most inner, non-load-bearing walls in most buildings are either 4 or 6 inches thick. In old buildings (older than 100 years) the walls might be 3 inches thick or just clapboards and are the thickness of the wood (excluding studs). Brick walls can be anywhere between 6-12 inches depending on the load they bear.