Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 126
ss through the walls and floors of buildings from faulty drains, gutters, or rain-water pipes. 1. Water is prevented from passing down through the tops of walls by fixing copings as already explained, and by the use of lead flashings as described hereafter. 2. Water is prevented from penetrating… … employed in the suburbs of London and in the thicknesses, to prevent water from soaking through and southern counties generally, is to face walls with tiles destroying the internal wall coverings and causing hung vertically on battens, as shown in the Chapter on woodwork to decay. In situations…
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