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    Cavity walls consist of two separate wythes made of masonry with a space between them. Cavity walls have several advantages: they reduce weight on foundations; provide better sound and thermal insulation than solid walls; are economically cheaper to build; and offer fire resistance and noise protection. Cavity walls allow heat to flow at half the rate of solid walls.

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    Cavity walls consist of two separate wythes made of masonry with a space between them. Cavity walls have several advantages: they reduce weight on foundations; provide better sound and thermal insulation than solid walls; are economically cheaper to build; and offer fire resistance and noise protection. Cavity walls allow heat to flow at half the rate of solid walls.

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    Cavity walls consist of two separate wythes made of masonry with a space between them. Cavity walls have several advantages: they reduce weight on foundations; provide better sound and thermal insulation than solid walls; are economically cheaper to build; and offer fire resistance and noise protection. Cavity walls allow heat to flow at half the rate of solid walls.

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    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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    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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