Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17

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 (12) 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 u" 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
(12) 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
of the pier.
G. Bearings and Anchorage OF
Structural Members All struct-
ural beams and girders shall
have a bearing on solid mas
onry of not less than four (4)
inches thickness and shall pro.
ject not less than four (4) inches
into masonry walls with ad.
equate wall bearing plates.
D. Maximum u n b r a q
Length In no case shall the
length of bearing or non-bear'
ing walls between columns
piers, buttreSSeS, crosS-walls OF
other equivalent vertical brac
i1fg be more than seventy-five
(75) times the wall thickness
Basement bearing beams must
be supported at least every
eight (8) feet.
E. Intersecting Walls The
intersection of two (2) walls
shall be bonded by not less
than fifty 500 percent of the
masonry units when the two
walls are laid together and WheI
carried up separately, the inter
section shall be toothed will
eight 90 inch maximum offset.
and tied together with approved
spear anchors at vertical inter
walls Of not less than four "A
feet.
Section 33. ERECTION PRE-
CAUTIONS:
All masonry shall be protect
ed against freezing for at leaS
forty-eight (48) hours after in
Stallation and shall not be laiC
when the temperature is les
than twenty-eight (28) degree
F. on a rising temperature o
below thirty-siX 1851 + on ;
falling temperature, withou
temporary heated enclosures o
without heating materials o
other approved precautions nee
essary to prevent freezing.
No frozen materials shall b
used or shall frozen material
be built upon.
In warm weather all clay o
Shale units of high absorption
characteristics shall be thor
oughly wet before being laio
When not less than six (6
feet below the grade retainin
walls, the masonry shall be nc
less than eight 81 inches i
width. When more than six (6
feet in depth, below the grade
not less than twelve Q2) inche
: in width walls shall be USED
Foundation walls of holloN
masonry units shall be provide
with not less than four "A
inches of solid masonry a
: girder bearings or Strengthene
: with buttreSses.
; Wood girderS framing int
masonry walls shall have one
quarter U4) inch air spaces o
both sides and ends for ven
i!ation purposes to protect tn
/ wood.
No wood posts shall be use
in cellars or Easements or bt
! low grade level.
Section "a. CHIMNEYS:
! Masonry chimneys and Fl
Innings shall not be less tina
: two CD feet above any rot
ridge within a horizontal dis
!: ance of ten (10) feet. The
shall be capped with concret
sloped to shed water from tn
flue Innings.
S If the height of the chimne
exceeds four a. times the mil
S imum dimension, the chimne
shall be braced and anchore