Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-10

All Easements or cellars shall
be damp proofed. The enclosing
masonry walls shall be plaSt-
cred on the exterior surface
with at least one-half (1a) inch
of cement plaster. This plaster
shall be carried down to a four
(4) inch radius cove at the
bottom to the outside edge of
the footing. After the cement
plaster coating is dry and hard,
another coat of water resistant,
such as "bitumaStic" or equal,
shall be applied over the ce-
ment mortar by brush, of ad-
equate thickness, to completely
resist water from passing
through the wall masonry. The
exterior walls shall be treated
as above extending from four
"a inches above the grade to
the footings including the cove
surface.
Where basement walls of con-
crete are used eliminate one
half (1a) inch of cement plaster,
ond apply two (2) coats of a
water resistant, "bitumastic" or
equal.
Section 80. STRUCTURAL MEM
BERS BUTTRESSES AND
PIERS:
A. Lintels and Arches Open
ingS in all masonry walls shall
be Spanned by plain or rein
forced arches, steel lintels or
other approved non-combustible
supports, with not less than 4"
bearing at each end, with bear
ing plates of metal not less
than "" thick or of natural or
reinforced artificial stone not
: less than four a. inches thick.
B. All buttresseS and piers
! shall be built into the wall with
a masonry bond. Isolated piers
, shall be not less than twelve
: (l2) inches square and shall be
: bonded as required for solid
walls of the same thickness pro-
: vided with a cap stone or bear
} ing plate of the full dimension
5 of the pier.
: c. Bearings and Anchorage of
Structural Members All Struct-
I ural beams and girders shall
e have a bearing on solid mas
onry of not less than four az
= inches thickness and shall pro-
: ject not less than four az inches
4 into masonry walls with ad-
S equate wall bearing plates.
f D. Maximum u n b r a d
: Length In no case shall the
length of bearing or non-bear-
ing walls between columns,
S piers, buttresseS, croSS-wallS or
r other equivalent vertical brac-
ing be more than Seventy-five
K (75) times the wall thickness.
n Basement bearing beams must
} be supported at least every
eight 81 feet.
Il E. Intersecting Walls The
} intersection of two (2) walls
S shall be bonded by not less
than fifty 500 percent of the
e masonry units when the two
} walls are laid together and when
carried up separately, the inter-
Il section shall be toothed with
S eight 90 inch maximum offsets
S and tied together with approved
spear anchors at vertical inter
d walls of not less than four "a
y feet.
It Section 80. ERECTION PRE-
n CAUTIONS:
All masonry shall be protect
d ed against freezing for at least
n forty-eight (48) hours after in
|. stallation and shall not be laid
l. when the temperature is less
} than twenty-eight (28) degrees
e F. on a rising temperature or
h below thirty-six 1861 + . on a
S falling temperature, without
e temporary heated enclosures or
p without heating materials or
e other approved precautions nee
5 esSary to prevent freezing.
r No frozen materials shall be
used or shall frozen materials
e be built upon.
y In warm weather all clay or
n Shale units of high absorption
}. characteristics shall be thor
h oughly wet before being laid
e When not less than six C6)
It feet below the grade retaining
; walls, the masonry shall be not
|, less than eight 90 inches in
p width. When more than six co.
d feet in depth, below the grade
:. not less than twelve (12) inches
II in width walls shall be used
S Foundation walls of hollow
= masonry units shall be provided
# with not less than four "a
inches of solid masonry al
II girder bearings or strengthened
y with buttreSses.
S Wood girders framing into
). masonry walls shall have one
= quarter GA) inch air spaces on
st both sides and ends for vent.
a ilation purposes to protect the
h wood.
l. No wood posts shall be used
Il in cellars or Easements or be.
e low grade level.
d Section "a. CHIMNEYS:
e Masonry chimneys and flu
Innings shall not be less thar
g two (2) feet above any ROOF
ridge within a horizontal dist
!: ance of ten 10) feet. They
d shall be capped with concrete
y sloped to shed water from the
- flue Innings.
IS If the height of the chimney
exceeds four a. times the min
Is imum dimension, the chimney