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Wooden piers - things to look for

· p. 43

The perspective drawing shows a wooden pier supporting a built-up wood beam, with floor joists attached at the beam and a labeled joist hanger. Cracks are illustrated in the concrete floor around the pier, and an arrow i

1938

Inspecting retaining walls - things to watch for

· p. 349

Four diagrams illustrate retaining-wall distress conditions. The upper-left section shows a wall leaning away from the retained soil, with slumping at the soil surface behind it. The upper-right section shows the bottom