New Britain herald., 1927-04-16

stsLlItiN II
GENERAL CONSTRUCTIONS
n R>ACES AND ELECTRIC WIRING


may be erected as hereinafter provided
but no frame building TO be occupied 2
workshop OF mandatory shall be bull,
mare than two stories or thirty feet II
height,
when any brick, stone or concrete build
lugs are TO be erected o. class tina,
could under this Code be constructed o!
wood. the Building Inspector is hereb,
authorized, empowered and directed to a
low reasonabl" notifications OF this Cods
relating 10 brick. stone or concrete build,
ings IN confederation o. incombustible ma.
'ertal beng used for walls instead OF
wood.
QUALITY OF MATERIALS
Article .. All materials shall be Of
quality suitable for the purpose tor which
they are intended 10 be used. and con.
form TO trade and manufacturers stand.
ards Such material must be free from
I !mper,ectlons whereby its strength OF
dura bility may he seriously impaired.
MATERIALS REJECTED
The Building Inspector shall have tho
authority TO reject materials which ar.
unsuitable and below the usual stand
ards. and may require tests TO be made
~ the engineers builder owner to de-
ternire the strength Of any structure,
materials.
Article 3. Brtek shall be well burned
and hard. When old bricks are used they
shall be thoroughly cleaned. when the
season will permit, bricks shall be wet
before using.
STONE
Article {. Stone shall Re sound and
hard and Of sufficient dimensions for It's
intended use.
Article 5. Sand used FOR mortar shall
be clean. sharp, grit sand. free from loan.
dirt or organic matter.
LIME
Article 6. Lime shall be thoroughly
burned quckllnte Of good quality and
well Stacked before using. or Hydrated
Lime.
CEMENT
Article !. All cement used shall be
Portland cement OF a standard manufac-
ture In test equal to the requirements OF
the Government Bureau OF Standards.
CONCRETE
Article 4. When the structural use Of
concrete IS proposed. specification stating
the quality and proportion OF materials
and the methods OF mixing the same shall
be submitted to the Building Inspector.
INGREDIENTS
Concrete for foundations shall be made
O. at least one part cement TO three
parts OF sand and five parts OF clean
broken stone, free from dirt and dust, of
such size as to pass in any way through
A two-inch ring. or good, clean gravel
NAV be used IN The Saulb prounrtIon Il
h-oIyar Gene f.oo1 c,o,, NUNS ,pov no
used at ,ha discretion a, the building
Insnector stones slou,a no. touch each
other or the forms
THOROUGHLY MINED
The ingredients Ok the concrete shall
be thoroughly mixed TO the desired CON
Iistency and the mixing shall continue
until the cement IL evenly distributed and
the mass Is Uniform In color and IS
hon7orrnaous Methods of measurement q,
proportlons Of the various Ingredients IN
Guiding water, shall ba used, which vii,
secure separate uniform measurements a,
All times
USED IN FREEZING WEATHER
Concrete shall not be mixed or deposi.
81 ut freezing ternperature unless special
precautions are taken to avoid tho use Of
materials containing frost, or covered with
ice CRYSTALS and 10 provide means to pre-
vent the concrete from freezing after being
placed in position until It is thoroughly
hardened ANY concrete damaged hy
freezing or otherwise shall be removed Il
found defective on examination
TIMBER
Article o, All t!mbers and wood sha u
be OF good sound material. free from rot
large or loose knots. shakes or any imper-
fections whereby the strength may be
impaired and be of such size and dImen-
slon. ns tho nurnoses for which the bu,ld.
ing is Intended requires.
ErupING CONSTRUCTION
All sIls in the main BUILDINGS shah b.
At least ."x6' or two o"x6" .irnbers. spikcd
,o,,,,har c.rtar ,irders crvS" ,n,ih ~,
,,rsn ~, 20, form, s,1l corq.r,,ctjon uiI,
ha ,rcan.od y,hicr+ 70 tI,a nnnroyal Of the
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re. and ,c,n,a soor ,o,s,s w. .hr
main building must be at least 2"xs"
placed nj, rot more than 49, centers. l,
floor ioig, are. over Is It. in length they
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