Show 1 1 FOR STABLE AND ROOT HOUSE I Cheap and Effective Plans of Construction Construction Con Con- Given i iI I 1 am putting a stone stable under undera a n bam feet with walls nine feet high I have hav small stones for forthe forthe forthe the bottom of the trenches Would Would Jt It t be advisable to use these In in In the the trenches or as fillers for the cori con con- crete The trenches will be in clay How can I 1 build aj a root ot gellar under the driveway driveway- to the barn floor It would be better to make a a concrete concrete concrete con con- crete footing usIng using- the small sni ll stones In 1 the botton hotton of of- the trench trench Wa Water er is liable to lie in a trench among loose stone and cause the frost to heave and crack the wall wall For drainage lay Jay tile on the outside outside of the the footing course a little below the bott bottom n of ot of the trench having them drain to an outlet outlet out out- let this will carry off all water If you have no fall or place to dr drain ln to build concrete on the top of the ground then start the stonework if desired To build a concrete r root root t house house under under un un- der the driveway build it al all at the f c v Z E Cross Section of Root House Under o Under nd r Way same time same time as as the stone stoLle wall under the tha barn bonding these walls together When the root house walls are up 5 feet at t the bank side and G feet 4 inches or 6 G inches at barn side then put in centers and lagging supported by uprights and plate giving the centers a rise of at least one inch Inthe in inthe inthe the foot that thatis' thatis is ls' for a root house 12 feet wide Have a 12 inch rise in m the arch centers or ribs a little more rise is better The reason of having the arch one one r foot ot four inches higher at the th barn side of the root house isto isto is- is is isto to allow for a door 6 G feet high from froni the basement into the root house Now carry up the end wall to the shape and height of the centers Put in three-quarter three inch rods from 3 to 5 feet apart at the spring of the arch having a large washer and d nut nuton nuton nuton on each end of each rod so as to be beable beable beable able to tighten them up after the covering covering covering cov cov- ering is set and before taking out the center mould These rods run through both walls across the to keep the arch from spreading the walls See plan A manhole can be built at the top of the arch at one end by putting in a large tile or by building a curb for filling with roots this serves serves as a ventilator as well Also put in a small window at each end wall below the arch to furnish light On each end of the on top of the arch a coping wall can be built to retain the earth as from 12 to 18 inches of earth should be on top top of the arch to keep out the frost as well as protect the arch from receiving receiving receiving re re- injury from heavy loads For Forthe Forthe Forthe the arch use five parts gravel to one part Portland cement For walls use eight parts gravel to one part Portland Portland Portland Port Port- land c cement ment Stone fillers may be beus us used d In the arch and the side walls 4 |