The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-01-19
Floor Plan of Milk House

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This milk house is 14x20 feet in size
and eight feet high to the caves The
roof has a two-foot rise to the peak
and is also built of concrete.
The following is a description of the
material used and method Of erecting
this building. The owner did all che
excavating and furnished the gravel
for the concrete, and the lumber
used for the concrete. forms and scat
fold, writes R. C. Angevine in Hoard's
Dairyman. The contractor furnished
the cement, the doors and windows
complete, the steel for reinforcing
the concrete and performed all the
other labor Of construction not men,
toned al furnished by the owner
There was a detailed contract signed
by both parties which was carried cut
to the satisfaction of the parties con-
cerned. Such a contract will almost
entirely guarantee a w~ell-carried out
job Of work. The work was carried
on as follows:
The ground was staked off in the
proper manner for the location of the
building, and leveled by removing the
sod to q point four inches below the
finished floor line. The trenches were
dug IA inches wide, 80 inches deep
and at the bottom were cut out wider,
making them about % inches wide for
a footing. A cross trench for a foot
ing for a partition vas 16 inches wide
and IL inches deep. These trenches
We're filled with concrete, mixed one
part cement to eight parts gravel, and
to the proper grade line. The walls
above grade line were hollow, con-
structed with 24-inch walls spaced
three inches apart and tied together
at intervals by steel ties made of
three-eighths inch rods. These walls
were cast m%onolythic by the use of a
set of forms "a inches high, reaching
entirely around the building. These
forms were set in place and held in
place by bolts and guides, and then
filed with concrete, which was mixed
quite wet and in proportion of one of
cement to six of gravel. These forms
were raised and filed each day till
the desired height was reached.
There we're strands of No. 5 gage
wire put in the concrete once eyerv
foot around, and around the building
with al extra allowance over windows
and doors. Also at the top of the wall
a double strand of wire was put in all
the way around in each four-inch
wall. The window and door frames
yer set in place in the forms at
their proper locations and the con-
crete placed snugly about them.
When the side walls and partition
wall had been finished, a false wooden
roof of the proper design was put on
with a cornice projection, but all was
constructed in such a way as to be
taken out entirely after a concrete
roof had been put on and hardened,
Over this false work the reinforcing
steel was placed and wired together
to hold it in proper place and then
the whole thing covered with 3h
inches of concrete, mixed one to four.
and this was surfaced with a trowel
finish of rich mortar one-half inch
thick.
The reinforcing steel for this roof
consisted of ~three-eighth inch steel
rods IL feet long which were spaced
eight, inches apart and extended from
the caves up I've the peak and they
we're bent at each end to fit down
over the roof form. These rods were
crossed once each ten inches by a No.
S wire running lengthwise of the
roof and at each place of contact the
wire and rods were wired together
with broom wire.
A chimney having a flue Sx8 inches
and walls four inches thick was also
made in place with concrete. The out
side of the walls finished first
by rubbing them with a rich cement
mortar put on with a wooden float
and then by a coat of cement wash
put on with a brush which made a
very pleasing finish as we'll as a wa.
ter proof one. The inside walls were
all plastered smooth with rich cement
mortar finished perfectly smooth.
The building is divided into two
rooms, one five feet six inches by
twelve feet In size, contains the gaso.
line engine, used to run cream sep
arator and churn and any other ma
chinery needed. The water heater is
also in this room and it can also be
used to store needed supplies. The
rest OF the building is the milk room,
12x12 feet in size and in 1t is located
the machinery needed to properly
handle milk. In this case they make
butter and have a separator and
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