How to replace brake pads. Experts say itâs hard to determine how often brake pads should be replaced, because they can wear out faster or slower based on how you drive the car, the weight of the vehicle, road conditions and driving frequency, Gregory says. He recommends having them checked at every oil change.
buttress (plural buttresses) ( 1 architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. 2  Anything that serves to support something; a prop. ( 3 botany) A buttress-root. ( 4 climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.[1] Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing. The term counterfort can be synonymous with buttress, and is often used when referring to dams, retaining walls and other structures holding back earth.