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Otago Witness, Issue 3808, 8 March 1927, Page 10

THE HANDY MAN’S CORNER. RENOVATING OLD WALLS. (Special.—Fob the Witness.) Cement work at the base of walls in an example is illustrated in Fig. 2. A bad places and apply your freshly-made yard areas and garden walks stands in trowel about 6in to Bin long will be i cement. need of renovation from time to time, found best for the novice, and a smaller This is done by placing a small quantity It is the object of this article to give one is needed for working in restricted | on an instrument known as a “hawk” the handyman a few useful hints how places or’ when “pointing” the brickwork, shown in Fig. 3. It is simplv a piece to set about the work when outside as- ,# of thick smooth wood about 9in square sistance is not leadily available. with a handle on the centre of the underCement cannot be used alone with any side. Take the cement from the hawk success. It should be mixed with a pro- with a trowel, and with a sharp flicking portion of clean sand, an operation known 11 motion throw it at. and on the wall, professionally as gaugeing. A mixture Therejs a slight knack about the process, composed of one part best Portland cement but it is speedily acquired. The object to three parts of clean sand will generally . - n throwing the cement against the wall be found quite satisfactory, the materials ' ' s to ensure a perfectly close contact, being measured by bulk and not by weight. FIG.I When the space is covered to the requisite To measure your material take any suit- » thickness, allow it to stand for a few able sixed box and fill it with cement; moments, and then, with your trowel held pouring it afterwards on to a flat board C?.hat against the wall, gradually smooth about 2ft square shown in Fig. 1, and Ife- — _ the surface, pressing the cement firmly known as a banker. Then fill the box FlCi.2 _ . — against the wall to ensure as compact a three "times with sand and pour it on mass as possible. tup of the cement. Bad places in the area, in garden The whole has then to be well mixed paths, or on the floor of outbuildings are by repeatedly turning with a shovel until dealt with in a similar manner, but the the cement is well distributed through surface is finally levelled with a batten of the whole. It is then wetted by sprink- .- wood with a smooth, straight edge. This ling with water from a watering-can with «IG.O g||| j s use d as shown in Fig. 4, and ensures a a rose head. As the water is applied CJ neat flush surface. Should the damage to the whole mass has to be turned over and '• the floor be considerable, and more than an over to distribute the water uniformly inch or so in depth, it is necessary to fill through the whole of the materials. The ’ n the bulk of the cavity with concrete, cement is then ready, and should be Fit; .4- ~ -.Sfes For this in addition to the sand a similar used immediately as it will not keep in '• quantity of clean broken brick, gravel, or a moist condition, but speedily hardens. jf there are several bald places, which other clean hard materials should be inAlthough it is possible to add more water, nee( j attention on the wall, the first step corporated with the cement. This mixture and to make the mass workable, the j s b rea k away any loose cement work is then put into the cavity and well cement will have lost some of its virtues, anc [ brush o fl a fl the dirt. Then with rammed down with a piece of wood to and is useless for important work. a co ]j c bj se ] an d hammer make little make as compact a mass as possible. When The cement should be applied to all cuts into the brickwork to form “teeth” il has set sufficiently the surface is Cornwall surfaces with a flat steel bladed or a rough surface for the new cement pleted with the . mortar as already deinstrument known as a trowel, of which to adhere to. Well wet the whole of the scribed. CUT THIS OUT: Subject of Next Week’s Article:—“MAKlNG A SERVICE HATCH.’’