A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 127
k to old where walls requirelining up to increase theirstrength. The tie is bentnear the middle, as shownSit a in Fig. 84, and nailedto the old wall with pointedwrought-iron nails, shownat b, having large flatheads made for the pur-pose and of sufficient sizeto make a firm connectionfor the new… … HOLLOAV WAI^IiS. 317. Even a solid brick wall readily absorbs moisture andalso transmits heat and cold. A driving rainstorm of severaldays duration will often penetrate a 12 or 16 inch wall, andso dampen the brick as to affect the wall paper or plastering,or spoil fresco decorations. The moisture…
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