Wall with decorative facing

A wall kit for a double sided hollow wall, comprising

• a plurality of concrete facing panels, each having a front surface and an opposite back surface with at least one retaining structure, and
• a plurality of first connectors for connecting the plurality of concrete facing panels in back-to-back, spaced apart parallel rows to form a pair of spaced apart parallel first and second wall components with an intermediate space,
• wherein said first connectors have opposite connecting ends for respectively removably engaging the at least one retaining structure of one of the back-to-back facing panels in the first and second wall components, and
• a branched connector and a link for bridging a third concrete facing panel in an end wall component extending across the intermediate space with an adjacent concrete facing panel of the first or second wall component, the branched connector having a first connecting end and an opposite branched end, the branched end having at least a pair of second connecting ends for attachment to the at least one retaining structure of the adjacent concrete facing panel and the link having a first end for attachment to the at least one retaining structure in the third concrete facing panel and a second end for linking with the branched connector.

A double sided hollow wall having a corner or closed end, comprising

• a plurality of concrete facing panels, each concrete facing panel having a front surface and an opposite back surface with a retaining groove;
• the facing panels being stacked side-by-side and in a spaced apart back to back arrangement for forming back-to-back and spaced apart parallel first and second wall components with an intermediate space;
• a plurality of first connectors respectively connecting the retaining groove in a concrete facing panel in the first wall component to the retaining groove in at least one concrete facing panel in the second wall component to form the double sided hollow wall;
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• a branched connector and a link bridging a third concrete facing panel in an end wall component extending across the intermediate space with an adjacent concrete facing panel of the first or second wall component, the branched connector having a first connecting end and an opposite branched end, the branched end having at least a pair of second connecting ends attached to the at least one retaining structure of the adjacent concrete facing panel and the link having a first end attached to the at least one retaining structure in the third concrete facing panel and a second end linked with the branched connector.

A method for providing a double sided hollow wall having a corner or closed end, comprising the steps of

• providing a plurality of concrete facing panels having a front surface and an opposite, back surface, the back surface including at least one retaining structure;
• stacking the concrete facing panels back-to-back in spaced apart parallel rows to form a pair of spaced apart parallel first and second wall components and an intermediate space;
• stacking the concrete facing panels at the end or corner of the wall in an orientation for extending across the intermediate space to form an end wall component;
• in each row, bridging at least a first concrete facing panel in the first wall component with at least a second concrete facing panel in the second wall component in the back-to-back orientation, using at least one separate connector having a first connecting end for engagement in the at least one retaining structure of the first concrete facing panel and a second connecting end for attachment to the at least one retaining structure in the second concrete facing panel to form the double sided wall;
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• bridging at least a third concrete facing panel in the end wall component with an adjacent concrete facing panel of the first or second wall component by using first and second branched connectors and a link, the first and second branched connectors having a body with a first connecting end for engaging one of the retaining structures and an opposite branched end, the branched end having at least a pair of second connecting ends for each engaging the at least one retaining structures, and the link having opposite ends for linking to the first and second branched connectors, the step of bridging including attaching the second connecting ends of the first branched connector to the adjacent concrete facing panel, attaching the second connecting ends of the second branched connector to the third concrete facing panel and attaching the ends of the link to the first and second branched connectors respectively, for stabilizing the corner or closed end of the double sided hollow wall.