partitions

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
AND MATERIALS

INTRODUCTION
:- A partition wall may be defined as a wall or division
made up of bricks, studding, glass or other such material
and provided for the purpose of dividing one room or
portion of room from another.
:- Partition walls are designed as non-load bearing walls. It
may be of folding, collapsible or fixed type.
:- If partition walls are load bearing then they are called as
Internal Wall.

ADVANTAGES OF PARTITION
WALLS
:- Divide the whole area into a number of
rooms.
:- Provide privacy to the inmates from
sight and sound.
:- Are light in weight and cheaper in cost
of construction.
:- Occupy lesser area.
:- Easily constructed in any position.

Requirements Of Good Partition Wall

:- Thin in cross-section so that maximum floor area can be
utilized
:- Provide adequate privacy in rooms both in respect of sight and
sound
:- Constructed from light, sound, uniform, homogeneous, durable
and sound insulated materials.
:- Simple in nature, easy and economical in construction having
proper coherence with the type of building structure.
:- Offer sufficient resistance against fire, heat, dampness, white
ant or fungus etc..
:- Rigid enough to take vibrations caused due to loads.
:- Strong enough to support sanitary fittings and heavy fixtures.

TYPES OF PARTITION WALLS

:- Brick Partitions,
:- Double Glazed Window
:- Concrete Partition,

:- Metal Partitions,
:- Glass Block Partitions,

:- Hollow Block Partitions,

:- Wooden Partitions,

:- Straw Board Partitions,

:- Asbestos Partitions,

:- Plaster slab partitions

BRICK PARTITIONS
:- Constructed with plain bricks, Reinforced bricks, bricks-nogged or
hollow bricks.
:- Plain brick partition of half brick thickness is not more than 2m
height.
:- In reinforcement brick partition of half brick thickness,
reinforcement in the form of wire mesh or hoop iron or steel bars Is
provided.
:- Brick nogging partition wall consists of brickwork built up within a
framework of wooden members.
:-

Brick partition is fire-resistant and sound-proof.

Some examples of brick partitions

CONCRETE PARTITIONS
:-It can be either precast or cast in-situ.
:-Special concrete posts are used for the construction of precast
concrete partition walls.

GLASS PARTITION
:- Are made from sheet glass or hollow glass blocks.
:- Provides good aesthetics and allow light.
:- Are dam, sound and heat proof.
:- Easy to clean and maintain.
:- Sheets of glass are fixed in the frame work of wooden or metal.
:- Hollow blocks doesnt need timber framework.

WOODEN PARTITION
:- Lighter in weight and easy to construct.
:- Neither sound proof nor fire proof.
:- Not suitable for damp locations.
ARE OF TWO TYPES
1) Common partitions
:- Are comprised of
vertical members
known as studs bridged
between upper
horizontal(head) and lower
horizontal(sill) members.

2)Trusted partitions
are

:-Are designed on the

principle of truss
useful where it is possible to provide supports.

STRAWBOARD PARTITION
:- Useful where removal of partition is frequent.
:- Made of composed straw covered thick paper or hardboard.
:- Easy to construct.
:- Heat and sound proof partition.

PLASTER SLAB
:- Are made of burnt gypsum or plaster of paris mixed with sawdust.
PARTITIONS
:- 5cm to 10cm thick slabs are prepared in iron or timber moulds.
:- To form rigid joints suitable grooves are provided in the plaster slabs.
:- Nails and screws can be easily driven into these slabs.

METAL PARTITIONS
:- Are light in weight, fireproof and strong.
:- Are easy to construct and shift.
:- Insulated material is filled into hollow spaces.
:- Used for office and industrial buildings.

STAINLESS STEEL

:- Are also formed of metal lathes supported and fixed by wires.

ASBESTOS CEMENT PARTITIONS

:- Light in weight, impervious, durable, water tight and fire proof.
:- Asbestos cement sheets are made of asbestos cement sheets and fixed into
timber framework.
:- Sheets are placed in position and joined by cement mortar.
:- Are mostly adopted in works of temporary character.

MOVABLE PARTITIONS
:- Movable partitions are used where the walls of a
room are frequently opened to form one large floor
area.
:-Portable partitions are also used in this concept.

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