Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 132
ne across the wall,every other piece, however, being a little above or below the nextpiece as shown in Fig. 126. The pieces are 2 inches thick and the fullwidth of the studding; and in addition to strengthening the wall,they prevent fire or vermin from passing through, and also may beutilized as a… … Fig. 126. Horizontal Bridging Fig. 127. Diagonal Bridging straight bridging, but both methods may be used with equal pro-priety. In the diagonal bridging the short pieces are set in diagonally,as is shown in Fig. 127, instead of horizontally, between the verticalstudding. This method is certainly…
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