Cuyler, Your explanation makes perfect sense. I like the rubber band too. I like it when you get carried away. ][<en Cuyler Page wrote: >> They must have felt there was some force in that area that required a > tensile treatment. What were they trying to hold together? > > > Sorry, I got carried away. > > In distant historic times, when drawing that detail for brick veneer > walls, I assumed the designers thought they had to work against the > thin veneer bulging or bowing, not stretching. There were always two > rods spaced well apart, not placed in the centre of the brick, as > though to work against flex. > > The detail was just like what we did all the time with concrete > block. The recent grad guys I worked for at the beginning of life > here had little experience with brick until later when giant brick > became fashionable. > > On the other hand, I love your rubber band image for Ken's windowed wall. > > > cp in mbc > (mbc = modern brick crap) > -- > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: > <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html> > > -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>