MIRAMAR HOUSES
THE "DORLONCO" EXPERIMENT.
Curiosity has been created by the statement that permission has been given for the erection at Miramar of three semi-detached "Dorlonco" houses. This is a system that has been used'widely in England. The sill, or foundation, of the house is formed of concrete, and the framework is all of steel, marked so that the assembling can be carried out readily. The outer walls are Bfin thick, and: are formed by means of siutable expanded metal attached to the steel uprights, the whole being encased in concrete. The inner shell on the inner face of the steel uprights is formed of coke breeze concrete slabs, leaving an air space or cavity between the inner wall and outer coverings of the falls of 44; in. The plan of the proposed Miramar houses provides for each having five ; rooms, three of them bedrooms. They are of two storeys, and it is expected that the cost per house will he pbovt £800. No definite estimate, however, has yet been given.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1922, Page 6
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