Subdiu vero maxime idonea faciunda sunt pavimenta, quod contignationes umore crescentes aut siccitate decrescentes seu pandationibus sidentes movendo se faciunt vitia pavimentis; praeterea gelicidia et proinae non patiuntur integra permanere.
Such pavements are most suitable to be used in the open. For wood floors swell with damp, or shrink in dry weather, or sag and settle, and make faulty pavements by giving way. Besides, ice and hoar-frost hinder their durability.
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