A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 213
ed on mortar only, at the ends, while being set. Ifsettlement occurs, and a sill is bedded solid, it would prob-ably be fractured at the jamb line, as the pier or side wallswould be very likely to settle more than the wall under theopening. The joints under the sills should be filled w^henthe… … Fig. 41. the full length of the sill, the bricks being cut to fit thestone. This, however, is not good practice, as such con-struction permits water, running down the jamb, to enter §8 MASONRY. 43 the joint between the brick and stone; the sloping- upperface also forms an insecure bearing for the…
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