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cutting corners has cost many lives.", "Shared walls involve neighbours' rights." ], "affected_parties": [ "Occupants", "Neighbours", "Firefighters" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The owner of the building; the building control authority approves structural work.", "master_systems": [] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2547819: wall", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2547819", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-de", "title": "Wikipedia (de): Wand (Bauteil)", "url": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wand_%28Bauteil%29", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "role", "name": "Role", "description": "What the wall does.", "rationale": "Role decides what may be changed.", "layers": [ { "id": "structural", "name": "Structural role", "description": "Load-bearing or not.", "findings": [ { "id": "structural-finding", "name": "Structural role", "description": "Whether it carries loads.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this wall load-bearing, and how was that established?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "What support is needed before altering it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "position", "name": "Position", "description": "External, internal, party.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-finding", "name": "Position", "description": "Where the wall sits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is it external, internal or a party wall?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which legal duties follow from that?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "construction", "name": "Construction", "description": "What it is made of.", "rationale": "Construction decides fixing, repair and performance.", "layers": [ { "id": "materials", "name": "Materials", "description": "Masonry, timber, steel.", "findings": [ { "id": "materials-finding", "name": "Construction", "description": "Materials and layers.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the wall made of, layer by layer?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "How can things be fixed to it safely?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition", "name": "Condition", "description": "Cracks and damp.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-finding", "name": "Condition", "description": "Defects present.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are there cracks, damp or other defects?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "What causes them?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "performance", "name": "Performance", "description": "Heat, sound and fire.", "rationale": "Walls separate climates, noises and fires.", "layers": [ { "id": "thermal", "name": "Thermal", "description": "Insulation.", "findings": [ { "id": "thermal-finding", "name": "Thermal performance", "description": "U-value and insulation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the U-value of this wall?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "How could it be improved without causing damp?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fire-sound", "name": "Fire and sound", "description": "Separation.", "findings": [ { "id": "fire-sound-finding", "name": "Separation performance", "description": "Fire resistance and sound insulation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What fire resistance and sound insulation does it give?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "Is external cladding compliant?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "works", "name": "Works", "description": "Alterations and permissions.", "rationale": "Wall works need approvals and notices.", "layers": [ { "id": "approval", "name": "Approvals", "description": "Building control and planning.", "findings": [ { "id": "approval-finding", "name": "Approvals needed", "description": "Permissions required.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which approvals are needed to alter this wall?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "Who signs off the work?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbours", "name": "Neighbours", "description": "Party wall notices.", "findings": [ { "id": "neighbours-finding", "name": "Neighbour notice", "description": "Notices to neighbours.", "questions": [ { "text": "Must neighbours be notified?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "How are disputes resolved?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should wall types be separate entries?", "How should load-bearing status be recorded and verified?", "Is the Wikidata plane for this entry correct, given it sits under media?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }