BUILDERS’ MATERIALS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18785, 19 May 1923, Page 14

BUILDERS’ MATERIALS

Bricks—About 1000 bricks, wiiti two bags of lime and one load of j sand, are required tor an ordinary ■ cottage chimney; and 2000 bricks.! 3£ bags of lime, and 1A loads ol i sand for a double chimney. About 1000 bricks, on au average, go to 3£ tons weight. Lime.—From 15 t) 16 bags to 1 j ton weight. Cement.—About 3£ cwt. to one cask or barrel. Flaster of Faris. Fer barrel, weighs about 22 cwt. Lath and Flaster.—loo square yards require 4 bags of lime, 3 yards of sand, 16 bundles ot 4 ft. Gin. American laths. 81b. Ilin, nails, and half a bag of hair. Laths.—A bundle of 4ft. 6in. American laths covers 6 4 square yards; a bundle of 4ft. fiiu. ceiling laths covers 5 square yards. Oil.—Oil weighs about 561 b. per 5 gallon drum. Faint.—(Ju* gallon of mixed paint weighs 181 b. to 201 b., aul will cover Prom 40 to 50 square yards with one coat, according to surface; ?4b. ' mixed paint will cover one square i yard, three coats, or 901 b. to 100 | square yards, three coats. Allow 4 ! lb. mixed paint to every loot run of lift, high walls for three coats. 1 Paint materials required for 100 j yards: 4 cwt. whitelead, 2 gallons of oil, 1 quart turps., 71b. dryers, 31b. i putty, and colours as desired, for ' three coats. One gallon of Glass ard oil will cover 50 square yards, two coats, or 2 gallons per 100 square yards, two coats. Nails.—lib. 2in. brads, 1 Alb. 2jin . 21b. 2?.in. to every 100 ft. of flooring; allow Sib, Ilin, nails to every 100 feet of lining; 11b. of 2in. nails to every 300 feet of weather boards. How to Measure Spouting, Ridging, and Downpipe.—Spouting: From back to front, inside head. Ridging: From one edge to the other. Downpipe. Actual diameter. To find the Superficial Measure inent of Timber. Multipy the breadth of the thickness in inches, divide by 12, then multiply the pro duct by the length.