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What kind of wall is the flower wall?

The flower wall is also called the parapet.

A parapet is a low wall around the roof of a building. Its main function is not only to maintain safety, but also to make waterproof bricks at the bottom to avoid water seepage from the waterproof layer or rainwater overflow from the roof. According to the national building code, the height of the parapet on the owner's house surface is generally not less than1.2m. Generally, the height of the parapet on the roof is 0.6m.

The parapet on the owner's roof is used to protect personnel safety and decorate the building facade. The parapet not on the roof can not only decorate the facade, but also fix the linoleum.

The function of parapet is to protect personnel safety and decorate the building facade. The function of parapet is not only to decorate the facade, but also to fix linoleum or waterproof coiled material.

When there is a concrete coping, it should be calculated from the top surface of the floor to the bottom surface of the coping; When there is no concrete coping, the top surface of the floor slab to the top surface of the parapet shall prevail.

Nowadays, parapet has become a special architectural term. With the development and progress of society, the romance and poetry of parapet are no longer talked about by people, but only a 90 cm high brick-concrete structure parapet in the national building code. It returns to the origin of architecture and plays its due role in architecture. Generally, it is an indispensable closed part in the construction process on the roofs of some unit buildings.