Sleeper wall

A Sleeper Wall is a short wall used to support floor joists, beam and block or hollowcore slabs at ground floor. It is constructed in this fashion when a suspended slab is required due to bearing conditions or ground water presence. Essentially it is a wall in the way that it is constructed but a sleeper in the way that it functions. .

Normal construction is of brick or block either in stretcher bond or header stretcher bond


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