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... Masons Hasterer's HEADQUARTERS UNIVERSITY PARK BUILDING DRAWER 575 International Union of America INDIANAPOLIS , IND . January 4 , 1924 SEVENTH VICE - PRESIDENT JV GRAHAM 402 TWENTY - EIGHT ST . NE MIAMI , FLA . EIGHTH VICE - PRESIDENT ...
... Masons Hasterer's HEADQUARTERS UNIVERSITY PARK BUILDING DRAWER 575 International Union of America INDIANAPOLIS , IND . January 4 , 1924 SEVENTH VICE - PRESIDENT JV GRAHAM 402 TWENTY - EIGHT ST . NE MIAMI , FLA . EIGHTH VICE - PRESIDENT ...
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... masonry construction . It is therefore desirable to have a mortar easy to work with the trowel . We must consider the cost of the mortar , the weather conditions which it will be subjected to , and the load it must carry . 4. Setting ...
... masonry construction . It is therefore desirable to have a mortar easy to work with the trowel . We must consider the cost of the mortar , the weather conditions which it will be subjected to , and the load it must carry . 4. Setting ...
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... may lose 30 to 40 per cent strength by retempering after standing 20 min . and 70 to 80 per cent after standing 1 hr . 1 " Treatise on Masonry Construction , " p . 100 . 36. With a slower setting Portland cement , the loss MORTAR 31.
... may lose 30 to 40 per cent strength by retempering after standing 20 min . and 70 to 80 per cent after standing 1 hr . 1 " Treatise on Masonry Construction , " p . 100 . 36. With a slower setting Portland cement , the loss MORTAR 31.
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... masonry dries out . If salt is used , however , not over a 5 per cent solution of salt should be added . Calcium chloride lowers the temperature more than salt and hastens the setting of the mortar . It also will cause efflores- cence ...
... masonry dries out . If salt is used , however , not over a 5 per cent solution of salt should be added . Calcium chloride lowers the temperature more than salt and hastens the setting of the mortar . It also will cause efflores- cence ...
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... masonry it is customary to build from the inside of the wall . The lower part of a basement wall in small buildings is often constructed from the excavation and the upper part from the grade level . As the joists are placed and the ...
... masonry it is customary to build from the inside of the wall . The lower part of a basement wall in small buildings is often constructed from the excavation and the upper part from the grade level . As the joists are placed and the ...
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anchors angles Answer questions apprentice backing brick laid BRICK ON EDGE brick wall bricklayer bricklaying building built cement mortar chimney clay Cleveland color common bond construction corbel cross bond DIRECT SECTION efflorescence extrados face filled fire brick fire stop fireplace flat Flemish bond floor flue lining frame furring header course headers and stretchers horizontal hydrated lime Ideal all-rolok wall Ideal rolok-bak wall Ideal wall impervious brick joists Lay a corner Lay a section lime mortar load masonry mixing mortar board mortar box mortar joints nailed pattern Perform type jobs piers placed plaster PLATE plumb rule Portland cement Problem putlog Read paragraphs retempered ROOF PLATE rowlock sand scaffold segmental arch shoved joint side sill skintled brickwork slaking soffit soldier course sometimes spirit level steel lintel STOCK FRAME stretchers supported surface terra cotta thickness tier trowel Unit vertical joints width window
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Page 172 - Arcade. — A range of arches, supported either on columns or on piers, and detached or attached to the wall. Arch. — In building, a mechanical arrangement of building materials arranged in the form of a curve, which preserves a given form when resisting pressure, and enables them, supported by piers or abutments, to carry weights and resist pressure. Arch-buttress. — Sometimes called a flying buttress; an arch springing from a buttress or pier. Architrave.
Page 90 - Joints, (a) Struck joint, (b) weathered joint, (c) flush or plain cut joint, (d) raked joint, (e) stripped joint, (f) "V
Page 169 - The National Board of Fire Underwriters, 76 William Street, New York City, with WE Mallalieu, General Manager, and Geo.
Page 30 - ... over them when on their food plants and fire it, thus burning them and saving their attacking a nearby crop which would otherwise have suffered. Inasmuch as the vicinity of old straw stacks offers an ideal place for hibernation, such rubbish, which is also a haven of refuge for other pests as well, should not be allowed to stand undisturbed for any length of time. \ THE STALK BORER. Like caterpillars and other pests which congregate in large numbers, the army worm is subject to disease and the...
Page 66 - Consists of alternate headers and stretchers in every course, each header centering on the stretchers in the courses above and below.
Page 32 - Mortar may be colored by using colored sand, such as ground granite, marble, or other stone. When the desired shade can be thus obtained, these are preferable to artificial colors, for natural sands and stones usually have a permanent color and do not weaken the mortar. White joints may be obtained with white sand, ground limestone or marble, using white cement in cement mortars. The color of the sand, in the finished joint, will, of course, be somewhat modified by uncolored cementing material. Great...
Page 93 - The plain-cut joint is a joint flush with the face of the wall, formed by cutting off the excess mortar with the edge of the trowel. It is a rough joint used for walls that are to be afterwards plastered or otherwise covered up.
Page 27 - ... platform, to remain until it is tempered for use. Sometimes where a poorer grade of lime is used, there is a residue of impurities after the lime is slaked. In such cases slake the lime in a separate box, afterward screening it into the mortar box and mixing it with the sand.
Page 64 - Flemish bond consists of alternating courses of headers and stretchers in every course, so arranged that the headers and stretchers in every other course align vertically.
Page 36 - Trowel point line (Print.) Type is said to be "point line" when the faces of various sizes may be made to align with the aid of point-size spacing materials.