"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

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On 19/06/2019 23:34, Roger Hayter wrote:
If you mean a half brick, I should recommend a maximum height of
about
900mm without buttresses.

Nah. You make the studwork structural and use the bricks as cladding.
Its
standard practice.

Studs with a stressed skin (strawboard) outer is usual, then a
membrane
tacked on, then some kind of support nailed on to key the blockwork
too.
Or you can clad with fake timber cladding that never needs painting.



PS I just realised that what I mean by strawboard is strictly sterling
board.

Strawboards is really made of straw!


strawboard is stramit board shirley?

Strammit board is a brand name for one version of strawboard. I used for
my
garage roof c1970

"stramit" shirley...it had its uses .......

I used to think it was made in Scotland.......