CA2078774A1 - Method of masonry wall construction - Google Patents
Method of masonry wall constructionInfo
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- undersupport
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
- E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
- E04B2/14—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element
- E04B2/16—Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
- E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
- E04B2002/0202—Details of connections
- E04B2002/0204—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
- E04B2002/0208—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections of trapezoidal shape
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
- E04B2/02—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
- E04B2002/0202—Details of connections
- E04B2002/0243—Separate connectors or inserts, e.g. pegs, pins or keys
- E04B2002/0254—Tie rods
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Abstract
A method of masonry wall construction comprising the steps of providing an undersupport (1), forming a wall comprised of a plurality of rows of masonry block elements (4, 8, 9) of substantially rectangular configuration with apertures (13) therethrough which will lie in the plane of the erected wall and which are modular with respect to their positioning in said block elements (as herein defined) so as to provide columns of apertures (13) extending from the top of the wall to the undersupport (1) and applying compressive force to the wall in the plane of the wall by means of tensionable anchoring means (3, 14, 17, 18) respectively located in columns of apertures (13) and connecting the top of the wall to the undersupport.
Description
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W092/13]48 PCT/AU91/00281 A METHO~ OF MA~ONRY WALL CONSTRUCTI~N
This invention relates to the building industry and in particular to the construction of masonry walls.
In conventional masonry wall construction masonry blocks comprised of a mixture of cement and aggregates of varying sizes are used. Such masonry is heavy and is porous. In addition the fact that the blocks are cast makes it very difficult to maintain accurate dimension tolerances. An attempt has been made to overcome the weight problem by lO using fly ash from the combustion of coal as the aggregate, and to some extent that has been successful. The problems of water absorption and size variation have remained.
Another form of light weight masonry block has been recently developed and is called AAC in the trade, the letters AAC
stand for Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. AAC blocks are formed by mixing together sand, lime and cement and a gas forming agent which reacts with alkali in the cement to produce hydrogen gas. The result is a gas expanded semi-hard mass which is wire cut to provide very accurately 5ized blocks. The "green" blocks are then autoclaved for several hours at about 180 degrees C to provide light weight water impervious masonry blocks which are about 20% the weight of convention masonry blocks of the same size.
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i WO92/13~48 PCT/A~91/00281 The size and squareness accuracy of AAC blocks is such that they can be laid without bonding medium, such as ~ortar or glue, a procedure termed 'dry stacking' in the building industry. If a level undersupport is used a dry stacked wall which is substantially vertical caLn be erected by workers with very little experience in masonry wall construction. As will be understood this is a big step in the building industry, One consideration with any masonry wall is its ability to withstand lateral force, such as wind pressure. Where conventional hollow masonry blocks are used for wall construction the ability of the wall to resist lateral rorces is a function of the bond between the masonry blocks resulting from the keying effect of the mortar in the 15 apertures in the blocks. Sometimes additional strength is provided by means of reinforcing rods which are passed through the apertures of the blocks in the courses and encased in a cement slurry. This serves to tie the blocks or a wall to~ether but does not anchor the wall to the 20 support on which the wall stands. In the case of solid masonry blocks the resistance to lateral force is a function o~ the weight of the blocks and the bond between the mortar and the block surfaces. -7 ~ 7 '7 ':~ :
WO92/13148 PCT/AU9~/002Bl The use of dry stacked AAC masonry blocks to rorm walls where they are likely to be subjected to lateral load conditions has been under review and the present invention has been devised with that application for AAC masonry blocks in view.
~roadly stated the present invention comprises a method of masonry wall construction comprising the steps of providing an undersupport, forming a wall comprised of a plurality of rows of masonry block elements of substantially rectangular configuration with apertures therethrough which will lie in the plane of the erected wall and which are modular with respect to their positionin~ in said block elements (as herein defined) 80 as to provide columns of apertures extending from the top of the wall to the undersupport and applying compressive force to the wall in the plane of the wall by means of tensionable anchoring means respectively located in columns of apertures and connecting the top of the wall to the undersupport.
Several aspects of a presently preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig.l is an exploded pictorial view showing a corner at the intersection of two walls constructed according to the ~, ' ,' ~ , 2~7i37~
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_ 4 _ invention, Fig.2 is a perspective view of a stretcher block for use in the method of the invention, Fig.3 is a perspective view of one form of closing block for use in the method of the invention.
Fig.4 is a perspective view of a seconcl form of closing block for use in the method of the invention.
Fig.5 is a perspective view of form of corner block for use in the method of the invention, Fig.6 is a perspective view of a second form of corner block for use in the method of the invention, Fig.7 is a perspective view of one form of half block for use in the method of the invention, and Fig.8 is a perspective view of a second form of half block for use in the method of the invention.
Referring to the illustration Fig.1, there is shown an undersupport 1 in the form of a concrete slab, but it is to be understood that strip footings or steel beams or like members can provide a suitable undersupport and can be used as an alternative to a slab. Anchored in the slab 1 at predetermined spacings at the positions identified 2 there are rods 3 which extend vertically. The rods 3 can be anchored in any suitable manner at their lower ends, as for example. by known mechanical locking members inserted into the slab 1 and threadably engaged by the ends of the lower .
WO92/13148 2 ~ ~ ~ 7 ~ ~ PCT/AU91/00281 ends of the rods, or by known gluing techniques as are used in the mining industry under the general name of chemical anchors.
The masonry blocks used in the wall construction are preferably of the AAC type ~as hereinbefore described~
although this is not essential. The blocks can be of several forms as is required for laying blocks in a known bonding manner in a course and to provide wall ends and openings in walls. The blocks allow walls with and withou~
corners to be assembled in a dry stack manner by selecting blocks as required from the range provided.
The blocks are all of rectangular shape and the longest block in a range is a stretcher block as illustrated in Fig.2 and identified 4. It has a centrally positioned vertical tongue 5 at one end and a centrally positioned vertical groove 6 at the other end. In one form the stretcher block is 600mm long. The length is the block body length excluding the tongue and herein lengths of tongued blocks when given will refer to the body length of the block without the upstanding height of the tongue included). A block height is 200mm and its thickness is l50mm.
The next block in the range is a closing block which is ., .. - - :
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o l' J 4 --identified 7 and 8 in Figs.3 and 4 respectively. This block is used where a wall is terminated with a full length block, that is a block of 600mm length. It will be noted that the closing blocks of Figs.3 and 4 are provided with one only of the tongue and groove of the stretcher block.
The next block in the range is a corner block as illustrated in Figs.5 and 6 where tongued and grooved forms of the corner block are illustrated and identified 9 and lO. The corner block is used where corners in the wall are to be constructed and they have the same thickness and height as a stretcher and closing block.
The next block in the range is the half block and the tongued and grooved forms of this block are illustrated in Figs.7 and 3 and are identified ll and 12.
Other blocks can be added to the range to facilitate the construction of wall configurations but those blocks identified above are the basic blocks in the range and with those blocks most wall construction can be achieved.
It is to be noted that in each of the blocks in the range there is a thr~ugh hole or holes 13.
' The -dimensions of the blocks and the positioning of the , ' ',, ' " ' , . ' ' ' ,- ' ' "' ' ,-, ", . ' " . "' ~ ' ' ,. : ' ' ' : ' ' , .' " . " ' ' 2~77'~
WO92/13148 PCT/AU91/00281 t holes l8 are on a modular pattern so that when blocks are aligned in a running bond manner in courses in a wall the holes will be aligned through all of the courses. Likewise when a corner is constructed the holes in the blocks extending in each direction from the cornler in a course will still be in a running bond pattern and the holes in the blocks in superimposed courses will stil:L be aligned. This is easily seen in Fig.l where the wall construction of several courses has been illustrated and a corner has been included .
The Fig.l arrangement shows the bars 2 anchored in the slab l to be o~ a relatively short length and it is envisaged that the rods will be threaded bars of, say, l.5 meter length. Threaded joining bushes 14 are provided to allow ~5 the bars to be extended to the wall height required. It is to be under~tood that where joining bushes 14 are to be used the holes 13 need to be of a size to receive a joining bush.
When the wall has attained the required height a top plate 15 as shown in Fig.l is placed over the blocks in the top course and the bars 2 are passed through holes l6 in the top plate. Nuts 17 and washers 18 are applied to the bars extending above the top plate and are tightened onto the top plate 15 to create a compressive force thereby to lock the ~asonry in the wall together and to the floor slab l. The : . .
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2~'~8Y.77,i~ ., WO92/13148 PCT/A~91/00281 result is that the blocks, which have a high crushing strength and can withstand compressive force, are unified within the wall and with the concrete slab l.
The result of the method proposed by this invention is the provision of a slngle masonry wall which has the following qualities. Because of the anchoring means provided the wall in substance becomes a monolithic vertical beam which is very stron~ in resisting loads in the vertical plane.
Because it is anchored to the floor slab it has great resistance to lateral loads, such as wind loads. Where the AAC form of masonry block is used it has ~ery good insulation properties due to the gas pockets within the blocks. The water imperviousness which results from the manner of manufacture of AAC blocks makes the conventional cavity wall arrangement unnecessary. The light weight of AAC blocks makes the load on the floor slab (or other undersupport) substantially less than that for brick or masonry walls and thus a saving is possible on thickness and/or reinforcing needed in the floor slab from that which 20 is required for a conventlonal brick or masonry wall construction.
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The foregoing is the preferred embodiment of the invention.
- --It is~to be understood that the sizes given for the blocks - can be varied provided a modular relationship between blocks . ,-. :- .. . . . . . .
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j ~ J~l W092/13148 PCT/AU9ltO0~81 in a range as described is followed. It is also possible to ~se blocks without end tongues and srooves and still perform the invention.
The form of top plate may be varied from that disclosed if desired and the use of nuts and washers with threaded bars is to be understood as illustrative. Other means .o-applying permanent compressive load on ~h~ b ~DCks in a wal' whilst passing through columns of aligned holes in the courses of the wall are to be considered as within the inventive concept herein set forth. As an example, collet type gripping means using captive wedges, of known form, could be used to grip the rods and maintain a compressive force on the wall, the collet type gripping means being applied during the temporary application of a compressive force to the wall.
Tt is also within the scope of the invention to provide substantially inextensible cables, e.g. steel cables, in place of the rods 3 hereinbefore disclosed. The foregoing collet type gripping means is especially suitable for cables used as the meàns for applying the compressive force to the wall.
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W092/13]48 PCT/AU91/00281 A METHO~ OF MA~ONRY WALL CONSTRUCTI~N
This invention relates to the building industry and in particular to the construction of masonry walls.
In conventional masonry wall construction masonry blocks comprised of a mixture of cement and aggregates of varying sizes are used. Such masonry is heavy and is porous. In addition the fact that the blocks are cast makes it very difficult to maintain accurate dimension tolerances. An attempt has been made to overcome the weight problem by lO using fly ash from the combustion of coal as the aggregate, and to some extent that has been successful. The problems of water absorption and size variation have remained.
Another form of light weight masonry block has been recently developed and is called AAC in the trade, the letters AAC
stand for Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. AAC blocks are formed by mixing together sand, lime and cement and a gas forming agent which reacts with alkali in the cement to produce hydrogen gas. The result is a gas expanded semi-hard mass which is wire cut to provide very accurately 5ized blocks. The "green" blocks are then autoclaved for several hours at about 180 degrees C to provide light weight water impervious masonry blocks which are about 20% the weight of convention masonry blocks of the same size.
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i WO92/13~48 PCT/A~91/00281 The size and squareness accuracy of AAC blocks is such that they can be laid without bonding medium, such as ~ortar or glue, a procedure termed 'dry stacking' in the building industry. If a level undersupport is used a dry stacked wall which is substantially vertical caLn be erected by workers with very little experience in masonry wall construction. As will be understood this is a big step in the building industry, One consideration with any masonry wall is its ability to withstand lateral force, such as wind pressure. Where conventional hollow masonry blocks are used for wall construction the ability of the wall to resist lateral rorces is a function of the bond between the masonry blocks resulting from the keying effect of the mortar in the 15 apertures in the blocks. Sometimes additional strength is provided by means of reinforcing rods which are passed through the apertures of the blocks in the courses and encased in a cement slurry. This serves to tie the blocks or a wall to~ether but does not anchor the wall to the 20 support on which the wall stands. In the case of solid masonry blocks the resistance to lateral force is a function o~ the weight of the blocks and the bond between the mortar and the block surfaces. -7 ~ 7 '7 ':~ :
WO92/13148 PCT/AU9~/002Bl The use of dry stacked AAC masonry blocks to rorm walls where they are likely to be subjected to lateral load conditions has been under review and the present invention has been devised with that application for AAC masonry blocks in view.
~roadly stated the present invention comprises a method of masonry wall construction comprising the steps of providing an undersupport, forming a wall comprised of a plurality of rows of masonry block elements of substantially rectangular configuration with apertures therethrough which will lie in the plane of the erected wall and which are modular with respect to their positionin~ in said block elements (as herein defined) 80 as to provide columns of apertures extending from the top of the wall to the undersupport and applying compressive force to the wall in the plane of the wall by means of tensionable anchoring means respectively located in columns of apertures and connecting the top of the wall to the undersupport.
Several aspects of a presently preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig.l is an exploded pictorial view showing a corner at the intersection of two walls constructed according to the ~, ' ,' ~ , 2~7i37~
; WO92/13148 PCT/AU91/00281 ~
_ 4 _ invention, Fig.2 is a perspective view of a stretcher block for use in the method of the invention, Fig.3 is a perspective view of one form of closing block for use in the method of the invention.
Fig.4 is a perspective view of a seconcl form of closing block for use in the method of the invention.
Fig.5 is a perspective view of form of corner block for use in the method of the invention, Fig.6 is a perspective view of a second form of corner block for use in the method of the invention, Fig.7 is a perspective view of one form of half block for use in the method of the invention, and Fig.8 is a perspective view of a second form of half block for use in the method of the invention.
Referring to the illustration Fig.1, there is shown an undersupport 1 in the form of a concrete slab, but it is to be understood that strip footings or steel beams or like members can provide a suitable undersupport and can be used as an alternative to a slab. Anchored in the slab 1 at predetermined spacings at the positions identified 2 there are rods 3 which extend vertically. The rods 3 can be anchored in any suitable manner at their lower ends, as for example. by known mechanical locking members inserted into the slab 1 and threadably engaged by the ends of the lower .
WO92/13148 2 ~ ~ ~ 7 ~ ~ PCT/AU91/00281 ends of the rods, or by known gluing techniques as are used in the mining industry under the general name of chemical anchors.
The masonry blocks used in the wall construction are preferably of the AAC type ~as hereinbefore described~
although this is not essential. The blocks can be of several forms as is required for laying blocks in a known bonding manner in a course and to provide wall ends and openings in walls. The blocks allow walls with and withou~
corners to be assembled in a dry stack manner by selecting blocks as required from the range provided.
The blocks are all of rectangular shape and the longest block in a range is a stretcher block as illustrated in Fig.2 and identified 4. It has a centrally positioned vertical tongue 5 at one end and a centrally positioned vertical groove 6 at the other end. In one form the stretcher block is 600mm long. The length is the block body length excluding the tongue and herein lengths of tongued blocks when given will refer to the body length of the block without the upstanding height of the tongue included). A block height is 200mm and its thickness is l50mm.
The next block in the range is a closing block which is ., .. - - :
:' ' . ~ . ~ .
, ', ' ' ' :
o l' J 4 --identified 7 and 8 in Figs.3 and 4 respectively. This block is used where a wall is terminated with a full length block, that is a block of 600mm length. It will be noted that the closing blocks of Figs.3 and 4 are provided with one only of the tongue and groove of the stretcher block.
The next block in the range is a corner block as illustrated in Figs.5 and 6 where tongued and grooved forms of the corner block are illustrated and identified 9 and lO. The corner block is used where corners in the wall are to be constructed and they have the same thickness and height as a stretcher and closing block.
The next block in the range is the half block and the tongued and grooved forms of this block are illustrated in Figs.7 and 3 and are identified ll and 12.
Other blocks can be added to the range to facilitate the construction of wall configurations but those blocks identified above are the basic blocks in the range and with those blocks most wall construction can be achieved.
It is to be noted that in each of the blocks in the range there is a thr~ugh hole or holes 13.
' The -dimensions of the blocks and the positioning of the , ' ',, ' " ' , . ' ' ' ,- ' ' "' ' ,-, ", . ' " . "' ~ ' ' ,. : ' ' ' : ' ' , .' " . " ' ' 2~77'~
WO92/13148 PCT/AU91/00281 t holes l8 are on a modular pattern so that when blocks are aligned in a running bond manner in courses in a wall the holes will be aligned through all of the courses. Likewise when a corner is constructed the holes in the blocks extending in each direction from the cornler in a course will still be in a running bond pattern and the holes in the blocks in superimposed courses will stil:L be aligned. This is easily seen in Fig.l where the wall construction of several courses has been illustrated and a corner has been included .
The Fig.l arrangement shows the bars 2 anchored in the slab l to be o~ a relatively short length and it is envisaged that the rods will be threaded bars of, say, l.5 meter length. Threaded joining bushes 14 are provided to allow ~5 the bars to be extended to the wall height required. It is to be under~tood that where joining bushes 14 are to be used the holes 13 need to be of a size to receive a joining bush.
When the wall has attained the required height a top plate 15 as shown in Fig.l is placed over the blocks in the top course and the bars 2 are passed through holes l6 in the top plate. Nuts 17 and washers 18 are applied to the bars extending above the top plate and are tightened onto the top plate 15 to create a compressive force thereby to lock the ~asonry in the wall together and to the floor slab l. The : . .
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.:
2~'~8Y.77,i~ ., WO92/13148 PCT/A~91/00281 result is that the blocks, which have a high crushing strength and can withstand compressive force, are unified within the wall and with the concrete slab l.
The result of the method proposed by this invention is the provision of a slngle masonry wall which has the following qualities. Because of the anchoring means provided the wall in substance becomes a monolithic vertical beam which is very stron~ in resisting loads in the vertical plane.
Because it is anchored to the floor slab it has great resistance to lateral loads, such as wind loads. Where the AAC form of masonry block is used it has ~ery good insulation properties due to the gas pockets within the blocks. The water imperviousness which results from the manner of manufacture of AAC blocks makes the conventional cavity wall arrangement unnecessary. The light weight of AAC blocks makes the load on the floor slab (or other undersupport) substantially less than that for brick or masonry walls and thus a saving is possible on thickness and/or reinforcing needed in the floor slab from that which 20 is required for a conventlonal brick or masonry wall construction.
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The foregoing is the preferred embodiment of the invention.
- --It is~to be understood that the sizes given for the blocks - can be varied provided a modular relationship between blocks . ,-. :- .. . . . . . .
:` - " ' ' ' . ~
:'' i , . .
j ~ J~l W092/13148 PCT/AU9ltO0~81 in a range as described is followed. It is also possible to ~se blocks without end tongues and srooves and still perform the invention.
The form of top plate may be varied from that disclosed if desired and the use of nuts and washers with threaded bars is to be understood as illustrative. Other means .o-applying permanent compressive load on ~h~ b ~DCks in a wal' whilst passing through columns of aligned holes in the courses of the wall are to be considered as within the inventive concept herein set forth. As an example, collet type gripping means using captive wedges, of known form, could be used to grip the rods and maintain a compressive force on the wall, the collet type gripping means being applied during the temporary application of a compressive force to the wall.
Tt is also within the scope of the invention to provide substantially inextensible cables, e.g. steel cables, in place of the rods 3 hereinbefore disclosed. The foregoing collet type gripping means is especially suitable for cables used as the meàns for applying the compressive force to the wall.
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Claims (8)
1. A method of masonry wall construction comprising the steps of providing an undersupport, forming a wall comprised of a plurality of rows of masonry block elements of substantially rectangular configuration with apertures therethrough which will lie in the plane of the erected wall and which are modular with respect to their positioning in said block elements (as herein defined) so as to provide columns of apertures extending from the top of the wall to the undersupport and applying compressive force to the wall in the plane of the wall by means of tensionable anchoring means respectively located in columns of apertures and connecting the top of the wall to the undersupport.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 including the step of placing a head member means on the top of the wall and applying the compressive force to the wall by drawing the head member means towards the undersupport by tensioning said anchoring means.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 including the step of providing bars secured as first ends in the undersupport along a line of proposed wall erection with the bars disposed at predetermined spacings apart which will coincide with selected ones of said columns of apertures in an erected wall and applying tension to said bars to create said compressive force on said wall.
4. The method of claim 1 or claim 2 including the step of providing cables secured as first ends in the undersupport along a line of proposed wall erection with the bars disposed at predetermined spacings apart which will coincide with selected ones of said columns of apertures in an erected wall and applying tension to said cables to create said compressive force on said wall.
5. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 including the step of using masonry blocks which are constructed of concrete with gas inclusions thereby to minimize the weight per unit volume of the blocks.
6. The method of any one of claims 1 to 5 where the wall erection step is performed without bonding medium between rows of blocks in the wall.
7. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6 including the step of interlocking the ends of the block elements in a row by tongues and grooves at respective ends of the block elements.
8. A wall when constructed by the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.
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