| Show 4 BC am I 1 i 41 j M WILLIA LL 42 will j eai eca lt L tos t tl i mr ellham A radford will answer eions and atie edvice advice OP OF COST on ail subjects pertain pertaining ins to th the 0 subject of 0 building for or the reader readers 0 ot t the paper on account of hn lil wado elpe riener as editor author auth r and hirer purer he li Is without to doubt abt t th h e authority on all jhc thc thea ge subjects address kli all inquiries to NIll william tam A no 1194 fifth ave chicado anil and only enclose two cent ent tamp for reply in casting about tor for a selection ot of the materials for the construction of 0 a house one Is often cont ased as to ahat to select A frame rame house of 0 course la Is the moat most often constructed on out people have come to the this idea old fashioned it la Is true of f building a 4 house that will last ages brick cou con st ruction Is often figured on but aa as a it rule this form of construction Is too expensive tile also costs too much there remains only cement the writer wants to say ay on behalf of this material that rightly used it Is the best est that can bo be employed in building i home for it Is fireproof ble and requires no repairs all about the country are attractive examples xam plea of beautifully constructed cement houses that will outwear any atner bouse house in their vicinity they are made properly and with a due regard st of the limitations ot of cement construe construction the elaboration of any design with expensive forms 13 1 out of the question tor for the ordinary man he ile cannot at tord ford to buy lumber enough for the of a bouse house this would in volve an expense amounting to the lumber sufficient for a frame house ind ad also tor for a cement house if be Is to 0 o have a cement bouse house the matter of or forms must be allm bated if it he can use the concrete block he will be able to do this we have a plan whereby he can use the concrete ion on crete block and avoid the expense of gumbir tor for forms simply stated 0 walls and practically no insurance will be necessary the he insurance companies are grad bally coming to recognize the fireproof qualities of ot concrete blocks nud and with BLO room 00 HALL batts BED room cloa of it second floor visa good reason for the cement used in their making has been through a tern tera pera ture of 1500 2 degrees and the band sand and atone stone of f course are fireproof I 1 11 t 4 4 T 9 00 low L A the plan is this make the blocks without any face ace rough and labed let them cure sufficiently and lay the wall up with them then on ish the exterior of the wall with a coit cott jf if cement mortar A house made this way will look like a monolithic walled bouse house but will not involve any ex an pense for for forms the houte we chow show here la to one that lends le n d a it itself a elf readily to such a fora form of construction it is made of cement blocks the walls can be laid of 0 concrete blocks with the unfinished ex perlor and a plaster coat can con be applied after the wall Is up you can imagine how the bouse house will look it will hare have the appearance of a house PORCH atch E ri NOOK i S liveric room PORCH riest floor pua pun made with forms but not one penny will bare have been spent for that purpose A number of bouses houses are being built aft er or this fashion in the east but they are new to the west it Is our ion on that the man who builds a house in this manner will not only hare have something unique but be he will have a house that will always be salable it will be fireproof and will cost little more than a frame house the design we show calls for a porch of ample size there Is a larg large tiring living room dining room and bitch kitch en on the first arst floor and on the second boor are two bedroom bedrooms and a bathroom this design includes many attractive feature features bul but the moel most important if it the reproof l feature all danger lj 13 11 7 the concrete con creto block |
