Requirements or Qualities of a good partition wall

Qualities of a good partition wall:

A good partition wall must fulfil the following requirements.

• It should be thin so that the maximum floor area can be utilized.
• It should provide privacy in such a way that inhabitants feel comfortable with respect to sight and sound.
• It should be light in weight.
• The wall must have fire resisting properties so that in a sudden short circuit or any other reason, it could not catches fire.
• The material used for the wall must be durable.
• It should not be subjected to white-ant or fungus. White ant* or termite is a small insect which feeds on wood .
• It should be economical and simple in construction.
• It should be rigid enough to bear the vibrations caused due to the loads.
• It should be able to support sanitary fittings and heavy fixtures**.

Fixture** :

1-A piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position.

2-(fixtures) articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they remain in place when an owner moves.

_{Reference: Pocket oxford English dictionary 9e}

White ant*

_{Reference: Pocket oxford English dictionary 9e}

Article Reference:

Building Construction (in SI Units) by N.L.Arora and B.R.Gupta