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e of earth or soilagainst a wooden wall never counts as dan-gerous, while others seem to feel that solong as the actual foundations are suffi-ciently high no end of ground-touching the upper side of otherwise well builthomes, and even partly buried in the groundor thrust against excavated banks… … Fig. 25—Some causes of termite attack, a—Tree stump left under an apart-ment building. Examination revealed heavy infestation of stump by subter-ranean termites. A -l-inch by 4-inch post on the stump is a floor support.This provided the termites with a direct path to the joists. Intermediate…
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