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than 614 thick and are to be in large slabs thoroughly bedded in good cement nior-
<br />ta,r. . .
<br />If brick to be not less than -two courses at bottorn and not to.be offset
<br />ruore than 2" at a timev
<br />Secoll2o DRAINAGE AND FROST. ZYalls of all buildings built upon clay or
<br />compac-t soil, which hold water shall be suitably drainecl by drain tile running
<br />entire],y around and below the outside wall, and shall be covered with a suffi-
<br />cient amount of cinders or other material suitable for same, tv provide px°oper
<br />draine,ge, but in no case are the drain pipe to be eovered until same.has been
<br />approved by the Building Inspectoro
<br />All founda,tion wa7.1s are-to be properly proteeted at all tixne.s againat
<br />the effect of f°rost.
<br />Should tlzere be no sewer in the strset proper means shall be taken to
<br />prevent accumula-tion of water in the basement or cellaro
<br />Sec.113. CET,LAR FLOORS. Ever.y cellar or basement oi any el?ielling, tene-
<br />ment, or any other building when used for storage or other occupation9 sha11
<br />hane a floor composed of cinders, gravel9 erushed stolle or s]:ag,.to be not less
<br />than t:aree inches thick well rsmmed or tamped into place and eovered with at
<br />least three inches of Portland cement conerete proaerly laid and smoothed up, or
<br />two i nches of asnhalt9 or shall be paved with good hard brick laid in Portlarid
<br />cement- mortarm
<br />TITLE U VIALLS, PIERS .ElM PARTITIONS--HEIGHTS ARrD THICKITESS OF UNITS. OF MEASURE .
<br />Secm114. For the purpose of this Code,.the unit of ineasure of all masonry.
<br />walls, will be in terms of brick lengths, i.e., a wral1 one (1) brick thick shall
<br />be of no less thicknsss than a"stretcner" length of the standard bri.ck prescri-
<br />bed under Sect3on 87, and, the "stretchert" cvhen laid up in a vvall shall ecla.al
<br />ttivo (2) ="headers" and one'(1) mortar join°t. .
<br />Sec.115. THICKiVESS OF MRTA.R -JOINT. Pdo mortar joint shall be less tha,n
<br />oize-quarter U34 inch -or over three-quarters (3/4) ineh in t'nicliness,
<br />Sec.116: TNCREASE OF TFlICKNESS OF IVAI,LS. Walls shall be deemed to in-
<br />crease irz incrernents of one-half ( N) bri•ck, ioe. a by one (1) 9fheaderT' and one (1)
<br />mortar joint, approgima.tely four and one-half (4,?-?) inches in thickness, so that
<br />a one and one-half (12 ) brick vrall measures -one (1) @'stretcher°' and one (1) "hea-
<br />der" and one (1) mortar joint, or three (3) °Pheaders°t and tevo (2) mortar joints,
<br />approximately thirteen (13) inches.
<br />Sec.117 o CURTAT'?it AiUD APRON i';IALLS. Apron rralls in dwellings9 gara,ges9 sta-
<br />bles or other rniscellaneous buildings not classed as public buildings, sclzool
<br />buildings, assembly halls, office buildings, apar-tment houses, club houses, tene-
<br />ment houses, may be one (1) brick t:nick, provided that they are supparted'in every
<br />story on independsnt iron or steel beams and have no brick or otner bearing sup-
<br />por-t intdrmediate between the piers.
<br />TIZ'LE VI WALLS, PIERS, AlVD PARTITIONSm--CQNSTRUCTIOIVT OF N',AlERIAI,S 0 F WALL5.
<br />Section 118e All-buildings shall be enclosed on all sides crii:h wa11s.
<br />The walls of all buildiilgs except frame buildings or vThen tlze enclosin, and in
<br />tex°ior par'uition vra.lls axe constructed entuirely of euood, shall be cor_stra.cted
<br />of stozle, brick, Portland cement, conerete, iron, steel or othex hard incombus-
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