External wall - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 09:35, 20 May 2025

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Designing Buildings at 09:35, 20 May 2025

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	* Any windows and doors in the wall.		* Any windows and doors in the wall.
	* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.		* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.
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		+	This definition is also found in the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214 Building Regulations 2010] and this is referenced by The Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023.

	NB [https://www.rics.org/uk/upholding-professional-standards/sector-standards/real-estate/rics-property-measurement-2nd-edition/ RICS property measurement, 2nd edition], published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in January 2018, defines an external wall as: ‘The external enclosure of a Building, which comprises the area between the Internal Dominant Face and the outside of a Building.’		NB [https://www.rics.org/uk/upholding-professional-standards/sector-standards/real-estate/rics-property-measurement-2nd-edition/ RICS property measurement, 2nd edition], published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in January 2018, defines an external wall as: ‘The external enclosure of a Building, which comprises the area between the Internal Dominant Face and the outside of a Building.’

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	* Barrier wall system.		* Barrier wall system.
	* Brick.		* Brick.
	* Building fabric.		* Building fabric.
		+	* Building Safety Act.
	* Cavity wall.		* Cavity wall.
	* Coping and capping		* Coping and capping
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	* Rainscreen.		* Rainscreen.
	* Rubble masonry.		* Rubble masonry.
		+	* The Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023
	* Wall.		* Wall.
	* What are walls made of?		* What are walls made of?

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Designing Buildings at 07:01, 30 November 2020

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Designing Buildings at 10:03, 24 November 2020

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	* Any windows and doors in the wall.		* Any windows and doors in the wall.
	* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.		* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.
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		+	NB [https://www.rics.org/uk/upholding-professional-standards/sector-standards/real-estate/rics-property-measurement-2nd-edition/ RICS property measurement, 2nd edition], published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in January 2018, defines an external wall as: ‘The external enclosure of a Building, which comprises the area between the Internal Dominant Face and the outside of a Building.’

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Designing Buildings at 10:40, 29 October 2020

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	* Any windows and doors in the wall.		* Any windows and doors in the wall.
	* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.		* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.
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Designing Buildings at 09:13, 18 September 2020

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	Approved document C, Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture, suggests that a wall is: 'Any opaque part of the external envelope of a building that is at an angle of 70° or more to the horizontal.'		Approved document C, Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture, suggests that a wall is: 'Any opaque part of the external envelope of a building that is at an angle of 70° or more to the horizontal.'
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	* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.		* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.
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Designing Buildings at 10:58, 4 November 2019

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		+	Approved document C, Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture, suggests that a wall is: 'Any opaque part of the external envelope of a building that is at an angle of 70° or more to the horizontal.'
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		+	An external wall is a wall forming the external enclosure of a building.
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		+	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses (2019 edition), suggests that the external wall of a building includes all of the following:
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		+	* Anything located within any space forming part of the wall.
		+	* Any decoration or other finish applied to any external (but not internal) surface forming part of the wall.
		+	* Any windows and doors in the wall.
		+	* Any part of a roof pitched at an angle of more than 70 degrees to the horizontal if that part of the roof adjoins a space within the building to which persons have access, but not access only for the purpose of carrying out repairs or maintenance.
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		+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =
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		+	* Barrier wall system.
		+	* Brick.
		+	* Building fabric.
		+	* Cavity wall.
		+	* Coping and capping
		+	* Curtain wall.
		+	* Diaphragm wall.
		+	* Dwarf wall.
		+	* Façade.
		+	* Load-bearing wall.
		+	* Palisade.
		+	* Rainscreen.
		+	* Rubble masonry.
		+	* Wall.
		+	* What are walls made of?
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