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Walls Materials:

Partition walls are usually not load-bearing, and can be constructed out of
many materials, including steel panels, bricks, cloth, plastic, plasterboard,
wood, blocks of clay, terracotta, concrete, and glass. Some partition walls are
made of sheet glass.

Examples of wall materials

• Stone masonry blocks walls
• Rammed earth walls
• Compressed soil blocks walls
• Bamboo reinforced earth walls
• Burnt clay brick walls
• Concrete hollow block walls
• Bamboo walls
• Timber panel walls
• Sulphur concrete walls
• Walls from agro-waste

Example of bricks:

Types of Bricks used in Masonry Construction

• Sun-Dried or Unburnt Clay Bricks. Sun-dried or unburnt bricks are less
durable and these are used for temporary structures. ...

• Burnt Clay Bricks. ...
• Fly Ash Bricks. ...
• Concrete Bricks. ...
• Engineering Bricks. ...
• Sand Lime or Calcium Silicate Bricks.

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