Party wall

Under a Kommunwand (from Latin communis = common ) is understood in building a wall that is shared by at least two buildings. In urban areas, especially in the inner cities, the Kommunwandbauweise was a long time by the prevailing lack of space common practice. A typical case of Kommunwand is the building wall between row houses or semi-detached.

In a construction project, the Kommunwand is a critical area in particular with regard to static, sound and heat insulation. Especially in view of the sound insulation of building partitions are now increasingly two-shell, that is made ​​up of two parallel walls built built.

Within a building, the wall between two independent living units is referred to as Kommunwand.

• Wall (building )
• Construction