diff --git a/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py b/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py
index 539ced6f..2e74aa30 100644
--- a/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py
+++ b/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py
@@ -268,3 +268,21 @@ def test_summary_001479_mapper_extensions_count_matches_extension_bps() -> None:
     # Assert
     assert epc.extensions_count == 2
     assert len(epc.sap_building_parts) == 3
+
+
+def test_summary_001479_main_party_wall_construction_is_cavity_unfilled() -> None:
+    # Arrange — cert 001479 Main §7 Walls lodges "Party Wall Type: CU
+    # Cavity masonry unfilled". The Elmhurst leading-code map previously
+    # only knew "S" and "C"; "CU" fell through to None, which made the
+    # cascade default to U=0.25 instead of the worksheet's lodged U=0.50.
+    # The fix adds "CU" → SAP10 wall_construction code 4 (WALL_CAVITY),
+    # which `u_party_wall` resolves to U=0.50 — matching the worksheet's
+    # §3 `Party walls Main … 0.50` row.
+    pages = _summary_pdf_to_textract_style_pages(_SUMMARY_001479_PDF)
+    site_notes = ElmhurstSiteNotesExtractor(pages).extract()
+
+    # Act
+    epc = EpcPropertyDataMapper.from_elmhurst_site_notes(site_notes)
+
+    # Assert
+    assert epc.sap_building_parts[0].party_wall_construction == 4
diff --git a/datatypes/epc/domain/mapper.py b/datatypes/epc/domain/mapper.py
index 1dda5e4f..07a461e7 100644
--- a/datatypes/epc/domain/mapper.py
+++ b/datatypes/epc/domain/mapper.py
@@ -1852,7 +1852,10 @@ def _elmhurst_wall_construction_int(coded: str) -> Optional[int]:
 # all → U=0.0; unknown → U=0.25).
 _ELMHURST_PARTY_WALL_CODE_TO_SAP10: Dict[str, int] = {
     "S": 3,   # Solid masonry / timber / system build → U=0.0
-    "C": 4,   # Cavity (unfilled) → U=0.5; observed in API path
+    "C": 4,   # Cavity (unfilled) → U=0.5
+    "CU": 4,  # Cavity masonry unfilled — same U=0.5 cascade; Elmhurst
+              # encodes party-wall cavity type with the masonry sub-code
+              # (CU vs CF filled) — observed first on cert 001479 Main.
 }