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Show Drainage for Foundation, 1. We Intend building a barn In Ihn aprlng and with to know tho belt way of draining the foundation Tha anil la a black muck wllh ft hard dry aubeoll ? The building la tn ho 10 fret by 0 fret, and Ihe wall concrete What thlckneaa la required? 3 ll It advltable In tier cohhlo atnnea In the trench level with the ground t How much material will ho ro qulrodf I To drain a foundation uv tile drnlna. having tllea laid mittldo ol wnlli and rvrn Iho bottom of fnotlngaj Iheae wilt cnich any aurfare or aoak age water from running underneath walli. 5 A crment wall one foot thick wllh a fooling 6 Inchea thick nnd two feet wide would bo aultlclcnt for building menllnnn1 above. 3 In building concrete walla, lite nil Ihr ttone fillers that can bo thoroughly bedded In concrete In tho footlnga 'and walls, but do not atart concrete wnlla on lop of Irinchra filled wllh cohblo atone, for the water Ii liable to lay In among thn none and the frott will heave and crack the alls Use the atnnu In Iho concrete In Iho hot lom aa deecrllicd nbuvr t For n concrete wall for a barn 30 fret by 0 feet by 3 feet by I foot, wllh fiaillnga, It will take Portland cement, 19 hnrrela, gravtl, it yards, alnnn flllvrs, S yards, labor 4 men S dnyt, conin-le mixed 8 porta clean gravel lo one part cement |