CONCRETE HOUSES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1919, Page 4

CONCRETE HOUSES

MJJ DE MONTALK’S SYSTEM.

The Industries Committee, ’at ..present ; sitting in Wellington, paid visit. ye«terday afternoon to the' offices' o|’ Mr E, W. de Montalk, architect, y advocate of tli© construction of hops® and buildings with concrete and other • like materials. It was found do Montalk’s system of concrete build’ ing in parts comprises four pietfaods pf walling, of wliich it is proposed to adopft but one at present. A complete budding l —the walls, partitions, ftyor, stiirway, and roof—ig constructed with " the use of two parts only. Ops pant -*S A si*? 1 at angles to which is ft wb,' or flange. The web portion ia either a wall slab, a floor slab, ft foofriah* OV \ a stairway, and the wCb or flange vs the stud, joist, rafter, or riser as toft case may require. The rafter mayhe-ft separate piece, in order to ; take # wh ferent method of roofing, whilq ft 3°**s may be a separate piece where’it is w sired to have a wooden floor instead of a concrete one. The other part .is ft slab which may be used as a wall slab, either inside or outside, and forms tbft other side of the wall before described* or it may be used as a roof'slab, by tile. As a wall slab it is bjr steel to the stud web or flange, ftnfi. the joint between the slabs filled with cement mutter. The outside of the wall v tnay be finished to represent rough cast, or smooth plaster, as iteo rough;'* smooth masonry. The inside of walla • will he plastered, but provision ismade - to take wood panelling where this i| : desired. Floor pieces are eminently suitable for the floors of shops, • offices, and warehouses, and ace placed in ai building in a most simple manner, cap be put in without the of freeing or false work, and as the parts W ffctory made apd seasoned beforehand, V the floor raav Jb© made full else of as soon as it is laid. It is said that ft'fire-* proof building .can b# erected ftt the same cost as a good Wooden bui]dipg. ; :