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Brick veneer wall collapse
This is what happens when very old buildings decide to behave badly. Nothing contributed to this collapse, other than age, it just came down on its own. No one was injured. Be careful out there.
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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on
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photos didnt come through bro
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Permalink Reply by Doug on
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I know, I'm having trouble with the img and html code, it won't let me post them. So I just attached them as a file.
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Permalink Reply by Firefighter Walther on
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wow, now thats something you dont see everyday!
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Imagine the look on the kids face when he pulled that loose brick off the wall and see the whole thing come down. Oh Biosolids!
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I was amazed when we pulled up on scene to see that it was brick veneer, as old as the building is. All these years I assumed it was ordinary brick, type III construction.
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so im guessing the only factor in this collapse was age? am i correct?
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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I was amazed when we pulled up on scene to see that it was brick veneer, as old as the building is. All these years I assumed it was ordinary brick, type III construction.
I'm glad you brought that up Doug, because I was going to mention something about that. Many times a brick veneer is confused for Type III construction.
Now, I would have to check the source again and perhaps anyone who is a mason may be able to confirm this or correct, but when I was in school (high school building trades) I was taught that for a brick building every 7th row the bricks are turned in so that ends are facing out. I also believe the bricks are doubled for ordinary construction. We have an old train station, turned into a great brewpub/ restaurant here in GB, that is ordinary construction. Looking at the walls you can see that every 7th row the bricks are on end and the walls are double brick.
In this picture (pic 2) you can see the remaining bricks on the corner of the building, if you look closely, there is no layer of bricks on end. All the rows are the long part of the brick facing out which should indicate the brick is a veneer and something to be aware of for situations like this.
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Correct, age was the main contributing factor. Though I'm sure weathering and minimal upkeep didn't help.
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Thanks, never knew that. That's something I'll definitely pay attention to in the future at incidents we have at brick buildings. And you're correct, none of the bricks were turned on end for the rest of the rows to be double thick.
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This is something i will remember, its been a few weeks since ive gone over Building Construction, however, something that adds to what i learned.
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