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Show Drainage for Foundation. 1. Wc intend building a barn In tho spring nnd wish to know tho best wny ot draining tho foundation. Tho soli Is a black muck with n hard dry subsoil. ?. Tho building Is to bo 30 tcet by 50 root, nnd the wnll concrete. What thickness Is required? 3. Is it ndvlsablo to uso cobblo stones In tho trench level with tho ground. 4. How much material will bo required? re-quired? 1. To drain n foundation uso tlio drains, having tiles laid outsldo ot wnlls nnd oven tho bottom of footings; theso wllj catch any stir faco or soak-age soak-age water rrom running underneath wnlls. 2. A cement wnll ono foot thick with a footing C Inches thick nnd two feet wldo would bo sufllclcnt for building mentioned above. 3. In building concYctV walls, uso all the Btono fillers that can bo thoroughly bedded In concrete In tho footings nnd walls, but do not start concrete walls on top of trenches filled with cobblo stone, tor tho water Is Uablo to lay In among tho stone and tho frost will hcavo nnd crack tho nils. Uso tho stone In tho concreto In tho bottom ns described above. 4. For n concreto wnll for a barn 3G feet by CO feet by 3 feet by 1 foot, with footings, It will tnko: Portland cement, 19 barrels; gravel, 22 yards; stono fillers, C ynrds; labor, 4 men 5 dnys; concreto mixed 8 parts clean gravel to ono part cement. |