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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 |
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Re: Stepped crack in brick exterior wall 1930's house
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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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