HC Deb 18 March 1926 vol 193 cc605-6W
Viscountess ASTOR

asked the Minister of Health whether tests have been made by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research into transmission of heat through a 9-inch solid brick wall. a 9-inch cavity wall, a hollow terracotta wall of a Weir bungalow, and the cast-iron wall of the type now being erected by the Derby Corporation; and what have been the results of these tests?

Lord E. PERCY

I have been asked to reply to this question. The results of tests made by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research into the transmission of heat through a 9-inch solid brick wall, and a 9-inch cavity wall were published in Special Report No. 7 of the Building Research Board, issued in 1923, a copy of which I am sending to my hon. Friend. The results are given in Table 3 (pages 20–21). The table also contains the results of tests on a 6-inch hollow terracotta wall. These tests were not carried out for Moseys. Weir. No tests have been made by the Department on cast-iron walls.

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