In contignationibus vero diligenter est animadvertendum, ne qui paries, qui non exeat ad summum, sit extructus sub pavimentum, sed potius relaxatus supra se pendentem habeat coaxationem.
In the case of upper floors great attention must be given, lest any wall in the story below is built right up to the pavement; it is rather to stop short and have the joists carried free above it.
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