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Article 657 of the French Civil Code

Any co-owner may build against a party wall, and have beams or joists placed in the full thickness of the wall, to within fifty-four millimetres, without prejudice to the neighbour’s right to have the beam rough-hewn down to half the wall, should he himself wish to set beams in the same place, or lean a chimney against it.

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Article 657

Tout copropriétaire peut faire bâtir contre un mur mitoyen, et y faire placer des poutres ou solives dans toute l’épaisseur du mur, à cinquante-quatre millimètres près, sans préjudice du droit qu’a le voisin de faire réduire à l’ébauchoir la poutre jusqu’à la moitié du mur, dans le cas où il voudrait lui-même asseoir des poutres dans le même lieu, ou y adosser une cheminée.

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