Posted Jul 22, 2024, 8:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jonny24
Seamless brick face happens on building that are structural brick. (multiple layers of brick that ARE the building).
We no longer build like that. The structure is wood, steel, or poured concrete, and the brick is just an attractive and durable cladding. But because different materials expand differently, the brick façade requires expansion joints. Most commonly this is at every floor, so that no floor has to carry an excessive load of brick. The brick sits on shelf angle that ties back to the structure.
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The Augusta Block buildings have seamless brick faces that are not structural. It has nothing to do with whether the brick face is structural at all.
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread...0/post-2076114
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