Masonry walls: chasing
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Failure: Cracking, reduced strength, instability; impaired sound insulation in separating walls
Defects: chase greater than permitted depth, masonry broken away at chase intersections or where a vertical chase reaches to the bearing area at the top of a wall; chases and outlet boxes back-to-back on separating walls