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3 years ago
Big hole in wall but it doesn't fall down?
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3 years ago
I wonder if it's only the outer rendering that's flaked off, and there's a solid breezeblock wall behind it which is providing the structural strength. Even so, it's amazing that the rendering is still supporting its own weight.
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3 years ago
triangle of pressure load or whatever it is called above the opening ...no lintel needed ...
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3 years ago
Until the lateral walls bulge out :-)
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3 years ago
Raining in Cardiff, as usual
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3 years ago
needs a cam of the Q at Versailles
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3 years ago
Surely the brick in the middle of the top of the hole will fall, and so on.
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3 years ago
I think you mean concrete block. Breezeblock is the stuff that weighs virtually nothing and you can smash it with your fist. It's only used for internal walls.
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3 years ago
Holes don't fall its buildings that fall. Brian
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3 years ago
But won't provide structural strength.
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3 years ago
Are you insane? If you remove the hole, whatever was above it is now above empty space and is therefore subject to the forces of gravity.
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3 years ago
The hole is holding up the brick?