A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 149
er them unsupported.If used at all, they should not be put in buildings over twostories high, and in walls less than 12 inches thick, and thevery dryest, best seasoned timber procurable should be used.Strips of wood are often built in the joints of brick walls,to form a nailing place for wood… … Fig. 105. § 7 MASONRY. 139 are used, they should not be over f inch thick, or not widerthan the mortar joints. Wooden bricks, that is, blocks ofwood corresponding in size to the bricks in the wall, aresometimes built in for nailing places for door and windowtrim, furring, etc. The great objection…
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