NM CID GS-16 Practice Questions - New Mexico CID GS-16 Masonry Examination Exam

A composite wall has two wythes bonded (headers or a grouted collar joint) to act as one structural member; a cavity wall has a drained air space and the outer wythe is usually a veneer A composite wall is always unreinforced; a cavity wall is always grouted solid A composite wall uses only stone; a cavity wall uses only CMU There is no difference; the terms are interchangeable in TMS 402