Technical Booklet D Structure·Page 81·4C.35
Walls providing vertical support to other walls
A wall that provides vertical support to another wall must be at least as thick as any part of the wall it supports, regardless of the materials used.
Irrespective of the materials used in the construction, a wall that provides vertical support to another wall should be not less in thickness than any part of the wall to which it gives vertical support.
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