A treatise on architecture and building construction . Fig. Fig. 125. piers. Fig. 124 shows a pier bonded with 4-inch bondstones /;, the stepped-o£f brick fotmdations at r, and theconcrete base at (/. Fig. 125 shows a brick pier with 1-inch iron bonding platesat a, and the stepped-up brick foundation and concrete baseat c and //. BRICK NOGGIXG. 213. Stud partitions in brick buildings, and the spacebetween the outside studs in wooden houses, are often filledin with brickwork, to obstruct as much as possible the § 7 MAvSONRY. 155 passage of fire, sound, and vermin. As there is no specialwe


A treatise on architecture and building construction . Fig. Fig. 125. piers. Fig. 124 shows a pier bonded with 4-inch bondstones /;, the stepped-o£f brick fotmdations at r, and theconcrete base at (/. Fig. 125 shows a brick pier with 1-inch iron bonding platesat a, and the stepped-up brick foundation and concrete baseat c and //. BRICK NOGGIXG. 213. Stud partitions in brick buildings, and the spacebetween the outside studs in wooden houses, are often filledin with brickwork, to obstruct as much as possible the § 7 MAvSONRY. 155 passage of fire, sound, and vermin. As there is no specialweight placed on the brick, the cheapest kind of brick maybe used for this purpose, such as the pale or salmon brickfrom the outer portion of a brick kiln. The brick should belaid in mortar as in a 4-inch brick wall. When the wall is lathed with wooden laths, there shouldbe a small space left between the brick nogging and thelath, so that the plaster will have a sufficient clinch behindthe lathing. If a stud partition rests on the capping of a partition belowit


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