Converted Bond Warf, Walsh Bay
This building was an original Bond Store Warf dating back to 1894. It has now been converted in a office warehouse building. however the original shape and character or the exterior has been kept. The clay bricks differ only in colour, with red clay bricks conversing with brown bricks to line the levels of the building and some openings.
Being so close the water a high level bond would have had to been used to keep the building maintained in the shape it holds today.
Durability Requirements
Exposure Environment- Elements in Severe Marine Environment
Masonry Units- Exposure
Mortar- M4
This building was an original Bond Store Warf dating back to 1894. It has now been converted in a office warehouse building. however the original shape and character or the exterior has been kept. The clay bricks differ only in colour, with red clay bricks conversing with brown bricks to line the levels of the building and some openings.
Being so close the water a high level bond would have had to been used to keep the building maintained in the shape it holds today.
Durability Requirements
Exposure Environment- Elements in Severe Marine Environment
Masonry Units- Exposure
Mortar- M4
(Severe Marine Environment- Up to 100 m for a non-surf coast and up to 1 km from a surf coast shall both be regarded as severe marine environment. The distances specified are from the mean high-water mark.)
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