The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15


| especially in rafters, Joists and heavy
supports and hemlock is an uncertain
! piece OF timber.
That other great reason for interest In
! the cement coated structure Is that while
| It's cost may be no less II properly
structed IL has proved Itself in stability
and workmanship. To all purposes it be-
comes n stone building warmer In win
ter and cooler In summer. And more
man anything else, tho necessity for
painting and repainting is eliminated.
Honest paint and honest painters apply
ing it cost money IL n frame house lis 20
be kept up"
These things are taken into consider
alton by the present day homo builder.
No matter how weather beaten the rough
coat house may be, II darkens In keep
Ing with its exposure 10 sun. weather and
tho inevitable north exposure. There
fore its appearance Is pleasing. always.
1t has the appearance OF "ripeninR
But to any present owner OF a frame
house who is tired OF its continual paint
ings, or its continual lack OF this work.
the builders of the cement nouse arc pre-
pared 10 take over his old Franc struc-
ture and without removing n nail from
It's Notwithstanding mako II over into
distinctly now house.
This newest of applications OF stone
effects TO disreputable old frame houses
that arc sound in sills, joists and every
supporting part, makes possible the re-
iuvenation OF whole districts in cities
and towns where age has told on roofs
and weatherboar0ings, In the cnsc of
the house OF twenty years ago, when
the suburban artist contractor" made
deformitics out OF house lines and pro
portions. the tearing away of the old
cupola and the hump bac.Scc roof Will be
the only rcal carpentry work necessary.
The house may be brought up to the
most artistic standards Of the present.
ana over all the stone work finish is praG-
deal and complete.
In these years Of diminishing good
timber no part OF the modern 1remo 9
In the quality Of the lath. rSut poor and
''sappy" the lath may be. IL is used
only on the interior walls OF the franc
Of extreme changes OF tenperafure.-But
after tho evolution OF the retarded CO
nent" process for outside 'plastering,
IL was n certainty that the wooden lath
was open TO question.
But MS is usual In most necessities
OF the kind, the metallurgist md the steel
manufacturer got together and solved
this problem in the manufacture OF the
steel lathing, OF which ccments are
preservation from rust.
Retarded" cement js explanatory In
the name. All cements Of the better
grades harden quickly after water is ap-
piled and the mixture worked up. Eight
or nine years ago s. W. Curtiss or chi
Cago began experiments with cements,
with the object OF rendering them plastic
for reasonable working period. ltar-
dening the cement docs In water, II
was a question OF proportions of cement
and sand, with other stony substances,
which would leave the mixture workable
for the period for piastering 1t into
place.
lie succeeded and today his formula is
manufacturing formula by which the
dry material Is shipped dry 10 the point
OF working. Water proportions are given
for the mixing OF the two or three coats
that are to finish the house.
After that" said Mr., Curtiss, II can
take any plasterer In n country town
and make an expert of him in cement
surfacing inside or two hours. The brick
ma a good
date. lie slashes ut his regular work
and is likely 70 keep TO his pace. But
almost any one with mechanical taste
can become the 'plastering mechanic Of
this new trade"
In the present day markets are all
kinds or plastic materials manufactured
for this building or recoating work. In
the best OF the work however. the old
rule once appllcd--or suggestea-by the
drayman who had the fat horse. holds
good. This drayman was asked how
he kept his horse in such good condi-
ton. He replied:
well ] feed him a mixture OF oats
and sawdust, but on the principle that
the less sawdust the better
Lime and plaster OF Paris have been
mixtures applied 10 cement 10 make il
plastic and workable. These are cheap
er ingredients and arc held TO be inferior
10 just the extent they enter into the
mortar. At the same time. Canada has
made wide and lasting experiments with
lime mixtures. forced into The diamond
shape" creviccs made by mailing on two
layers OF lGth, criss-Ccoss, Some OF the
critics OF lime in cement. however. still
hold that the Canadian lime rs a hy-
draulic lime, and that in that country
the burnt limestone is seasoned" for
two or three months before 1t is
worked up
In q general way, the making over Of
the old frame house into new one or
plastic front sides, and rear, the de
STABILITY Of an air space between the
weather boarding and the inner coating
Of cement is emphasized Using the
steel lath it is not sufficient for best
results that the small air seams made by
mailing the steel TO the laps Of the
weather boarding are depended upon. To
start from n waterproof cave OF the
frame house two inches may be allowed,
with n slightly greater slope downward
10 the projecting center belt OF the two
story house. From this projecting strip
the same propor,ionate distance may be
maintained 20 the projecting water table
at the base OF the structure,
a double purpose is served in this air
space. Having this closed air chamber
on the sides OF the house. IL serves to
preserve dryncss In wet seasons, while
the extremes OK outside heat and cold
are reduced summer and winter. The
scientific principle is that which applies
nowadays TO the common ice chest. Once
the space between the outer and inner
framework OF the refrigerator was filled
with charcoal IN the best grade II ice
box. Today ii is accepted by tho build
ers Of these commodities that 70 leave
the space open serves as well or better.
for the reason that the filling material
acted equally as n conductor OF either
heat or cold, Then the cement workers
stepped in and effaced all trace OF bricks
in it's construction, with the Bedford
stone decorations In relief. the cement
work brings out the effects in pleasing
manner.
AS 10 that new frame house which one
intends building and occupying. the no
cessity OF "seasonabe' work in cement
is not vital That person who chooses
to begin his building operations with win
ter labor may start in November and
may have tho interior of the house fin
ished perhaps In January. On tho outer
sheetlng his builders will put the regu-
lar tar paper. which Is sufficient protec-
tion for the family inside until the finish
Ing process becomes seasonable some
time In April, according to tho latitude
and the elements.
In Chicago that working period with
cements begins about April Is and eS-
tends to November ]. That first and
thinnest coating OF the material Is called
the SCRATCH coat, lending itself hold