Article 136Supplement v1, p. 136

COMMERCIAL LAWS SUPPLEMENT

spandrels having direct connections to the columns and

all other members which are essential to the stability of

the building as a whole. The members of floor or roof

which

have

no

connection to the column shall be

considered secondary and not a part of the structural

frame.

SUPORTALES — The vertical supports, such as posts or

stanchions, as used in indigenous or traditional type of

construction. These may be freestanding as stilts or

integrated into the wall structure. In the case of former,

pie de gallos (knee braces) or crosettas (cross bracing) are

sometimes used.

SURFACE, EXTERIOR — Weather-exposed surface.

SURFACE,

INTERIOR

—

Surfaces

other

than

weather-exposed surfaces.

SURFACE, WEATHER-EXPOSED — All surfaces of walls,

ceilings, floors, roofs, soffits, and similar surfaces exposed

to the weather except the following:

(a) Ceiling and roof soffits by walls, or by beams extend a

minimum of 300 millimeters below such ceiling or roof

soffit;

(b) Walls or portions of walls within an unenclosed roof

area, when located a horizontal distance from an exterior

opening equal to twice the height of the opening; and

(c) Ceiling and roof soffits beyond a horizontal distance of

3.00 meters from the outer edge of the ceilings or roof

soffits.

VALUE OR VALUATION OF A BUILDING — The estimated

cost to replace the building in kind, based on current

replacement costs.

VAULT

—

Any

surface

or

underground construction

covered on top, or any fire-roof construction intended for

the storage of valuables.

VENEER ADHERED — Veneer secured and supported by

approved mechanical fasteners attached to an approved

backing supported through adhesion to an approved

bonding material applied over an approved backing.

VENEER,

EXTERIOR

—

Veneer

applied

to

weather-exposed surfaces.

VENEER, INTERIOR — Veneer applied to surfaces other

than weather-exposed surfaces.

WALL BEARING — A wall which supports any load other

than its own weight.

WALL,

CROSS

—

A

term

which

may

be

used

synonymously with a partition.

WALL, CURTAIN — The enclosing wall of an iron or steel

framework or the nonbearing portion of an enclosing wall

between pier.

WALL, DEAD — A wall without openings.

WALL, EXTERIOR — Any wall or element of a wall or any

number or group of members, which defines the exterior

boundary or courts of a building.

WALL, FACED — A wall in which the facing and backing

are so bonded together that they act as a composite

element, and exert a common action under load.

WALL, FIRE — Any wall which subdivided a building so as

to resist the spread of fire, by starting at the foundation

and extending continuously through all storeys to, or

above the roof. Extension above the roof is 1.00 meters.

WALL, FOUNDATION — That portion of an enclosing wall

below the first tier of floor-joists.

WALL,

HEIGHT

OF

—

The

perpendicular

distance

measured from its base line either at the grade or at the

top of the girder to the top of the coping thereof.

Foundation and retaining walls are measured from the

grade downward to the base of the footing.

WALL, NONBEARING — A wall which supports no load

other than its own weight.

WALL, PARAPET — That part of any entirely above the

roof line.

WALL, PARTY — A wall separating two or more buildings,

and used in common by the said buildings.

WALL, RETAINING — Any wall used to resist the lateral

displacement of any material; a subsurface wall built to

resist the lateral pressure of internal loads.

WALL,

THICKNESS

OF

—

The

minimum

thickness

measured on the bed.

WINDOW — An opening through a wall of a building to

the outside air for the purpose of admitting natural light

and air.

WINDOW, ORIEL — A projecting window similar to a bay

window, cut curried on brackets or corbels. The term "bay

window"

may

also

be

applied

to

an

oriel

window

projecting over the street line.

WIRE BACKING — Horizontal strands of tautened wire

attached to surfaces of vertical wood supports which,

when covered with building paper, provide a backing for

portland cement plaster.

YARD OR PATIO — The vacant space left in a lot between

the building and the property line.

YARD, REAR — The yard lying between the side lot lines

and the nearest lot line and the nearest building line.

YARD, SIDE — The yard lying between the side line and

the nearest building and between the front and the rear

yards.

ANNEX "B-1"Tables

TABLE 708-A. Dimension of Wooden Posts or Suportales

Type

Building

Maximum

Height of

1st Floor

Maximum

Height

Total

Maximum

Spacing

of Post

Required

Maximum

Finished

Size

of

Suportales

1-Storey

Shed

4.00 M

3.50 M

10 cms. x 10

cms.

1-Storey

Shed

3.00 M

4.00 M

10 cms. x 10

cms.

1-Storey

Shed

5.00 M

4.00 M

12.5 cms. x

12.5 cms.

1-Storey

House

or Chalet

5.50 M

3.50 M

12.5 cms. x

12.5 cms.

2-Storey

House

1.00 to

6.00 M

3.00 M

12.5 cms. x

12.5 cms.

2-Storey

House

3.00 M

7.00 M

4.00 M

12 cms. x 15

cms.

2-Storey

House

4.50 M

8.00 M

4.50 M

17.5 cms. x

17.5 cms.

2-Storey

House

5.00 M

9.00 M

4.50 M

20

cms.

x

20 cms.

Logs

or

tree

suportales

may

be

used

as

post

in

indigenous traditional type of construction, provided that

these are of such sizes and spacing as to sustain vertical

loading equivalent at least to the loading capacities of the

posts and spacing in this Tables.

TABLE 1003-A. Projections of Balconies and Appendages

Width of Streets

Balconies

Total

Projections

Over 3.00 m. but less than

6.00

With

Balcony

.60 m.

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