San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 346
Pig. 1—(a-h) Typical examples of serious damage to frame fiouses at Long Beacfi and Comp-ton, California, in tfie eartfiquake of March 10. 1933. Many of these failures were, in part, dueto termite damage to under-pinning, as shown in details, i-j. The use of proper constructionand wood, not… … Fig. 2—Plan of building seriously damaged by damp-wood termite.Earth in contact with the wood frame is a source of infestation. severe earthquake may entail the loss ofthe entire investment. There are a vast number of poorly con-structed buildings existing today in Cali-fornia, a large percentage…
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