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Can buttress walls can be as far apart as 10-14 feet and be as little as 2 feet deep and 2 feet wide?

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Can buttress walls can be as far apart as 10-14 feet and be as little as 2 feet deep and 2 feet wide?

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I wouldn’t go much more than about 10′ between buttresses on vertical walls, especially if they are over 8 feet high. I would say that 2′ is about the least depth to use, but they can be thinner, say the width of a bag should work. I like tapered or stepped buttresses that are deeper at the base.