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Nesgroup address: alt.building.construction - Date & Time for the message: Sun, 01 May 2005 23:18:40 -0400 /

Author of the message: Peter James

Title of the message:
Re: Stepped crack in brick exterior wall 1930's house

Text of the message:
I'll translate from UK English to Canadian English (divided by a common
language)...
Peter Shepherd wrote:

> When you say 'brick exterior' do you mean single-wythe brick veneer or solid
> double-wythe brick wall?

It's a 30's house so it will have either a brick or a concrete block
inner wythe, a cavity, and a brick outer wythe. Nominal width of each
wythe = 4". Structural loads are supported on the inner wythe, the outer
wythe is tied to the inner wythe with brick anchors.

> What is the "DPC"?

Damp Proof Course. Placed in a bed joint a few inches above grade to
prevent damp rising up the walls by capillary action. Usually a heavy
asphalt-impregnated felt, sometimes slate was used.

> What type of foundation is it?

UK houses don't have foundation walls in the way we think of them in
Canada (no basements, no frost). There will be a concrete footing
installed in a shallow trench below the level of organic soil, and the



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