LOCATION VERTICAL EXTENSION JOINTS IN STONE FACING OF EXTERNAL MULTI-LAYER WALLS OF FRAME-MONOLITHIC MULTI-STOREY BUILDING
Due to increasing regulatory requirements for heat-shielding properties of the exterior walls of wide application recently received multi-layer building envelope with facial layer of masonry. Domestic practice buildings with such walls revealed their increased deficiency, one of the reasons that can be called poor drafting of the need for the device and location of expansion joints in multi-layer outer walls. The article analyzes the factors affecting the rational the distance between the vertical expansion joints, as well as the location and thickness of joints. Conclusions that a significant influence on the de- cision on the vertical joints provides the actual state of stress of masonry, which in real conditions is complicated.