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 Tanzila Bhuiyan

The cavity wall consists of two separate wythes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythe). The

wythes are made of masonry. Those two walls are known as internal leaf and external leaf.
This wall is also known as a hollow wall.

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Advantages of Cavity Wall

Followings are the advantages of Cavity Wall:

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Cavity walls reduce their weights on the foundation (/geotechnical-

engineering/foundation-engineering).
They act as good as sound insulation.
Cavity wall gives better thermal insulation than any other solid wall because space is full
of air and reduces heat transmission. 
They have a heat flow rate that is 50 percent that of a solid wall (/construction/wall/235-
wall-definition-types).
Cavity Wall is economically cheaper than other solid walls.
Cavity Wall (/construction/wall) is fire resistant.
Cavity wall helps to keep out from noise.

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