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Visible water is simple to understand and cope with. Roofs are built to shed it, earth is graded to divert it, pipes conduct it. Generally water control is fairly well considered in building design.
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Olin, Harold; Schmidt, John; Lewis, Walter, Construction: Principles, Materials and Methods, Moisture Control, Section 104.
Brick institute of America, Technical Notes: On Brick Construction, McLean, Virginia (Various dates).
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Latta, J. K., “Design of Weathertight Joints,” in Cracks, Movements and Joints in Buildings, Division of Building Research, National Research Council, Canada (1972) NRCC 15477.
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Wilson, F. (1984). Moisture Penetration and Damage. In: Building Materials Evaluation Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6650-8_4
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