Solid masonry wall is the most commonly used wall. This type of wall is built of individual blocks of material, such as bricks, clay or concrete blocks, or stone, usually in horizontal courses, cemented together with suitable mortar. A solid wall is constructed with the same type of building units throughout its thickness.
Cavity wall is a wall comprising of two leaves, each leaf being built of structural units and separated by a cavity and tied together with metal ties or bonding units to ensure that the two leaves act as one structural unit. The space between the leaves is either left as a continuous cavity or is filled with non-load-bearing insulating and water proofing material.
Faced wall is a wall in which the facing and backing are of two different materials which are bonded together to ensure common action under load.
Veneered wall is a wall in which the facing is attached to the backing but not so bonded as to result in a common action under load.
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