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- adjective Alternative form of
load-bearing .
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Examples
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Once the Renaissance rolled around, philosophers nixed the notion of magical fairies doing our creative loadbearing.
Writing with your personal creative djinni « The Retort 2009
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On the other hand, for the site-built home, far too often, large, dimensional lumber pieces are used for headers for openings in non-loadbearing conditions where they are completely unnecessary, simply because it is common and traditional practice to do so.
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On the other hand, for the site-built home, far too often, large, dimensional lumber pieces are used for headers for openings in non-loadbearing conditions where they are completely unnecessary, simply because it is common and traditional practice to do so.
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Like his old life had suddenly been condemned, explosive charges being laid on all the loadbearing beams, a crew of badass demo hard hats advancing on it with crowbars and sledges.
The Town Chuck Hogan 2004
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The use of this system is justifiable given the mainly sandy terrain, the loadbearing capacity of which has been estimated at 1 kg/cm².
Chapter 7 1995
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The wall masonry is entirely realized in loadbearing walls and 14 cm thick partitions, using 29.5
Chapter 7 1995
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They are often used for non-loadbearing structures.
Chapter 4 1995
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The pier is not loadbearing unless it exceeds 1 m in width (lintel common to two openings for a less wide pier).
Chapter 6 1995
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Conditions of use are more or less identical to those of loadbearing masonry, apart from the fact that much lower strengths can be used, since the blocks are not loadbearing.
Chapter 7 1995
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They are often used for non-loadbearing structures.
Chapter 4 1995
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