A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 124
mmediately over theheading course b, b exposed on the face. This is known asgardoi or running- bond. Its principal defect is that thewall is practically composed of a series of 4-inch slices from MASONRY. 113 13^ to 17^ inches in height, which have no transverse bondother than the mortar, under… … Fig. 79. The New York building law requires that every sixthcourse shall be a heading course; that is, that five coursesof stretchers shall come between two courses of headers, asshown on Fig. 79. For factory and warehouse purposes, where heavy weightscome on the wall, it is better to have every…
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