Wood posts may be attached to ccncreta floors by setting one-half of a heavy hinge in the wet concrete,' allowing sufficient length, Above the Burface' to admit two of' the screw-holes. When the cement is dry the-'post"■■'can be fastened to ; its ■ support with screws. The hinge .'can 'be reinforced by -inserting a piece of red-iron into the hole 'before the conienij is tripod in around it. Portland cement is also vert* useful for attaching holdfasts, in ordinary, brick walls. A part of. a brick is brokea \t-, r •. away roughly, and'tho end of the W»?v. ■inserted' in "the aperture, which is o** Milled with cement, . * ■*■ -".SV v • . !
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15002, 25 May 1912, Page 5 (Supplement)
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107Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15002, 25 May 1912, Page 5 (Supplement)
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