Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 81
an open lot. When an area wall is more than 10 feet long it is generally prac-ticable to brace it from the basement wall by arches thrown acrossfrom one wall to the other, as shown in Fig. 45. When this cannotbe done the wall should be stiffened by buttresses about every 10 feet. VAULT WALLS. 84.… … Fig. 45- AREA AND VAULT WALLS. 77 Where practicable, the space should be divided by partition wallsabout every 10 feet, and when this is done the outer wall may beadvantageously built of hard brick in the form of arches, as shown inFig. 46. The thickness of the arch should be at least 16 inches for…
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