Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-03-27
yashon Islands New high
School Is Latest Design
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of the roof are to be covered with
Gladding, Mclean shale roof tile In
notified color. The flat decks on the
roof will be covered with built-in COM
position roofing carrying ten year
maintenance guarantee by the manu-
facturers.
A double wall is provided between
the corridors and class rooms. In this
wall space will be set individual lock-
ers for the pupils. They will be set
flush with the wall of the corridor and
will be ventilated into the attic space,
positive action being assured by the
yentilating fans. This space will also
include the ventilating ducts for the
room exhausts, the teachers closets
for each class room, and the various
other built-in storage cases required
in the different rooms.
All interior trim is to be of fir,
floors to be of hemlock. All rooms
are to be p]astered with the exception
of the gymnasium portion, which will
be ceiled with 1x4 ceiling, and the
manual training rooms, which will also
have the inside walls ceiled. All in
terror trim will be Vanished, and
floors will receive a special floor pre-
servative. The plastered walls will be
left implanted. The walls Of the gym
nasium will also be left implanted.
Heating System
The heating system is down feed
two pipe vapor vacuum system with
direct radiation in all rooms using
legless or wall radiators. The gymna-
SUM will be heated by means Of four
three speed unit heaters. The boilers
used will be Birchfield No. 3511.
There will also be installed in the boil
er room 800 gallon ely
hot water storage tank for hot water,
showers, etc. There will be water
heater for use in the summer.
| Plumbing System
The plumbing is we'll arranged in
the building and Is being roughed in
to take care of future additions to the
building. Only part Of the fixtures
are to be put in at this time. This
system also includes all the hot and
cold water lines, gas lines and fire
lines. The problem of the supply Of
gas for use in the chemistry labora-
tory and domestic science room is to
be solved by the use of compressed
gas delivered to the grounds in tubes
in the same manner as carbon dioXide
and acetelyne gas are delivered COM
mercially under pressure.
Heating and Vcntilating Systems
This system will remove the foul air
from the lower level Of all class rooms
and there will be installed in the attic
for this purpose an American or
Western fan capable Of handling 1900
cubic fet Of air per minute, antlcipat-
ing between two and one-half and
three air changes per hour. The fan
Installation will give positive exhaust
regardless of the outside temperature
or the wind velocity. A separate ex-,
haust fan is used on the toilet rooms.
The heating, plumbing and ventilat-
ing systems have all been laid out by
Mr.. @. W. May, consulting engineer,
Tacoma, Washington.
Electrical System
This system will include the light
and power, public telephone, time
clock and program bells and the fire
alarm system. All wiring will be done
in rigid conduit with the exception Of
the clock, program and fire alarm
systems. The lighting system has been
laid out according to the modern re-
quirements of school lighting by Mr..
r. E. Towne, electrical engineer, Ia
coma, Washington.
The time clock, program bells and
fire alarm systems are to be wired by
the present electrical contractor. but
the equipment will be installed by the
manufacturers of these products at q
future date and will represent the
minimum requirements for school
Of this type.
Special attention may be directed
to the class room and gymnasium H.
Elimination, which is designed for an
intensity OF ten foot candles. For
class rooms semi-indirect fixtures will
be employed Of type having very
low brightness Of glassware, thereby
| decreasing Injurious glare and pro-