24er Mauerwerk

English translation: 24 cm thick brickwork (walls)

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German term or phrase:	24er Mauerwerk
English translation:	24 cm thick brickwork (walls)
Entered by:	John Jory

00:34 Mar 3, 2006

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / masonry

German term or phrase: 24er Mauerwerk

This is from a report considering damage to property as a result of explosions and blast waves.

Zerstörung 24er Mauerwerk....

then again later on

Zerstörung 50er Mauerwerk....

I've no idea what is meant by the figure in this context. Is it the 24th row of bricks - or something completely different?!

Any suggestions will be extremely gratefully received.

Claire Cox KudoZ activity Questions: 665 (none open) (73 closed without grading) Answers: 1031 United Kingdom
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24 cm thick brickwork (walls)

Explanation:
A standard term in German.

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-03 00:44:39 GMT)
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"Gängige Verbände sind Läufer- (Bilder 1 und 2), Block- (Bilder 3, 4 und 7) und Kreuzverband (Bilder 5 und 6). Aus den kleinformatigen NF- und DF-Steinen lassen sich mit diesen Verbänden 11,5er-, 24er- und 36,5er Mauerwerksdicken herstellen."

http://www.selbst.de/fstart.php4?inhaltURL=/flexgrund.php4&l...

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John Jory
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Local time: 15:31

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24 cm thick brickwork (walls)

John Jory
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Thanks John

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Asker: Much appreciated, John - I'm sure you're right. How odd that I've never come across this in 20+ years of translating! You learn something every day....

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