Can anybody advise on the construction of new brick and flint walls. I
>understand the usual construction is 100mm block inner skin, 75mm insulated
>cavity, 225mm brick outer skin which has 100mm or so flint panels let into
>it, so the flint is on a backing panel of 112mm brickwork.
>
>I have to design an extension for a restricted area, where in particular the
>width is critical, and losing 225mm to the inner width would be a big loss.
>There will only be a couple of decorative token panels of flint and the
>adjoining similar extension has stretcher bond - so I assume not and outer
>skin of 225mm thick - with only a couple of flint panels.
>
>Is there any way of achieving a brick and flint appearance whilst still
>keeping to a 275mm thick wall?
>
>regards
>
>IanC
>
I thougth you built your wall out of normal bricks and blocks, then stuck the flint/stone etc on the outside as a decoration. You leve special ties hanging out to anchor the desoration onto.