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Default Big hole in wall but it doesn't fall down?

On 24/07/2020 19:28, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 06:20:42 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ...
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On 24/07/2020 00:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:10:22 +0100, NY wrote:

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You'll have to watch this during daylight hours.* Notice the enormous
hole
in the wall, yet there's a restaurant running above it?!* What's
holding
that up?

I wonder if it's only the outer rendering that's flaked off, and
there's a
solid breezeblock wall behind it which is providing the structural
strength.
Even so, it's amazing that the rendering is still supporting its own
weight.

I think you mean concrete block.* Breezeblock is the stuff that weighs
virtually nothing and you can smash it with your fist.* It's only used
for internal walls.

and it floats ...


But won't provide structural strength.

but you can cut it with a hardpoint saw ...