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    Effective length of masonry wall (Leff) as required in BS 5628-1

    I have a design issue where I need to knock down a load bearing wall to create an open plan area through the lounge. When calculating the required bearing, Type 3, BS 5628 requires stress to be checked at 0.4h, so for a 2.4m high wall, 0.4h = 960mm (leff) but adding the 100mm bearing this would...

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