Designing brick veneer for loadbearing exterior walls – Page 3 of 4

Significantly lifted/shifted coping stones and cracked/open bed joints at parapet wall abutting the main roof bulkhead south-facing wall. Movements in the loadbearing CMU backup wallChanges in moisture content and temperature cause expansion and contraction of concrete masonry walls. The magnitude of volume change depends on two factors—one an intrinsic property of the concrete masonry unit, […]