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Old 05-31-2007, 01:27 PM
Jerry Peck Jerry Peck is offline
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Re: crack of the month
We never called them "earthquake rods", but installed them to help retain the outer wythe of brick walls on a few older homes. We simply called them tie backs and stars anchors.

I like the explanation given in the link David provided, but settlement can also cause variations of that bulging.
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