Foundations and Foundation Walls: For All Classes of Buildings, Pile Driving, Building Stones and Bricks, Pier and Wall Construction, Mortars, Limes, Cements, Concretes, Stuccos, Etc. 60 Illustrations ...Bicknell & Comstock, 1879 - 119 pages |
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... bottom course of the walls , and spiked to the bottom planking . See Illustration 19 . A common method of planking ... basement or cellar floors , to prevent rats and mice from getting in and making nests . Mr. Dobson , C. E. , who ...
... bottom course of the walls , and spiked to the bottom planking . See Illustration 19 . A common method of planking ... basement or cellar floors , to prevent rats and mice from getting in and making nests . Mr. Dobson , C. E. , who ...
Page 52
... bottom and much moisture , even this will not prevent dampness from arising in the cellar . To overcome this , use the method shown in illustra- tion 33 on the outside , and that of 34 on the inside . Prepare the cellar bottom , and lay ...
... bottom and much moisture , even this will not prevent dampness from arising in the cellar . To overcome this , use the method shown in illustra- tion 33 on the outside , and that of 34 on the inside . Prepare the cellar bottom , and lay ...
Page 53
... cellar floor . This is the best course to pursue where there is no chance for a drain . Another Method to Secure a Dry Cellar . - Perform such leveling to the cellar bottom that may be required , spread over this sand to the depth of ...
... cellar floor . This is the best course to pursue where there is no chance for a drain . Another Method to Secure a Dry Cellar . - Perform such leveling to the cellar bottom that may be required , spread over this sand to the depth of ...
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... cellar bottom is located in low ground , or below adjoining cellars , and a supply of water seems to permeate the soil , and accumulate , it is not safe to use any steam- pump , as it may draw water from the surroundings , and weaken ...
... cellar bottom is located in low ground , or below adjoining cellars , and a supply of water seems to permeate the soil , and accumulate , it is not safe to use any steam- pump , as it may draw water from the surroundings , and weaken ...
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Page 60 - Buildings, may bring and maintain an action against the person or persons last herein referred to, to recover the value of the work done and materials furnished in and about the said premises in the same manner as if he had been employed to do the said work by the said person or persons.
Page 61 - Portland cement concrete, they shall be at least eight inches thicker than the wall next above them to a depth of twelve feet below the curb level ; and for every additional ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be increased four inches in thickness. If built of brick, they shall be at least four inches thicker than the wall...
Page 64 - ... brick, and putting in diagonal headers behind the same, or by splitting face brick in half, and backing the same by a continuous row of headers. In all walls which are faced with thin ashlar, anchored to the backing, or in which the ashlar has not either alternate headers and stretchers in each course, or...
Page 65 - No swelled or refuse brick shall be allowed in any wall or pier ; and all brick used in the construction, alteration, or repair of any building, or part thereof, shall be good, hard, well-burnt brick.
Page 66 - In no case shall any wall or walls of any building be carried up more than two stories in advance of any other wall, except by permission of the Commissioner of Buildings having jurisdiction, but this prohibition shall not include the inclosure walls for skeleton buildings.
Page 66 - The ends of wood beams resting upon girders shall be butted together end to end and strapped by wrought-iron straps of the same size and distance apart, and in the same beam as the wall anchors, and shall be fastened in the same manner as said wall anchors.
Page 63 - Every temporary support placed under any structure, wall, girder, or beam, during the erection, finishing, alteration, or repairing of any building, or part thereof, shall be equal in strength to the permanent support required for such structure, wall, girder, or beam. And the walls of every building shall be strongly braced from the beams of each story until the building is...
Page 60 - ... not be less than two by three feet, and at least eight inches in thickness for walls; and not less than ten inches in thickness If under piers, columns or posts...
Page 63 - ... shall be securely braced during construction, both inside and out, if practicable ; or if outside bracing is not practicable, it shall be properly braced from the inside, and the braces shall be continued from the foundation upward to at least one-third the height of the building from the sidewalk level.
Page 64 - In all brick walls every sixth course shall be a heading course, except where walls are faced with brick in running bond, in which latter case every sixth course shall be bonded into the backing by cutting the course of the face brick and putting in diagonal headers behind the same, or by splitting the face brick in half and backing the same with a continuous row of headers.