Probably the only bracing is the horizontal siding. You could probably hook a cable to it, straighten it with a tractor and add diagonal bracing some 100+ years after it was built. Click on the smal picture to get a bigger one.
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This fire started in the basement. This is a 2nd floor light fixture. The only charing on the 1st and 2nd floor was where the fire went through small penetrations. One of the items in the code hearing meeting in Rochester 2007 was a code for sealing light fixtures.
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Some builders fireblock between joist at vent pipes. It makes perfect since to me, being that if the vent pipe did start a fire, you want to contain it the best you can.
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Here is a good one. This is a re-inspect on a bracing inspection. I ragged this builder big time on this one. I told him it would show up on the web one day.
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