‘Throughs’ or ‘throughstones’ straddle the wall, connecting one face with the other. They help keep the wall from bulging outward as it settles by tying the two faces together into a single unit. This maintains the wall’s equilibrium by distributing the weight of upper layers equally onto both faces below. The number and spacing of…...
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