Demonstration House
Construction Details
Construction Details
Foundations: | 6in reinforced concrete wall. |
Floor: | 5in concrete slab reinforced with No. 8 and No. 5 gauge wire mesh, finished with plaster screed and asphalt tile, or body carpet on insulating board. |
Framing: | 4in x 2in insignis pine wall framing. 8in x 2in pinus insignis roof framing. |
Sheathing: | 1 Oin x lin insignis pine board and batten vertically, over building paper. |
Roofing: | 3-layer fabric roofing on lin timber sarking, finished with pea-gravel and sand. |
Linings: | Gypsum-cored wall board, enamelled in bathroom, kitchen and W.C. Elsewhere flat enamelled on lining paper. Insignis pine panelling in utility room. |
Ceilings: | Fibrous plaster. |
Joinery: | lfin solid core flush doors, white pine veneers. Built-in furniture of matai and rimu, and lin coreboard. Window frames and doors of totara. |
Glazing: | iin plate glass in large panes. 32oz sheet glass around court. Elsewhere 24oz. |
Lighting: | Incandescent electric fittings throughout. |
Hot Water Supply: | 30-gallon thermostatically controlled electric cylinder. |
Plumbing: | Copper piping. Silent flushing valve to W.C. |
Ventilation: | Resin-bonded plywood panels, protected by metal hoods, above windows. Electric fan built in to kitchen window. |
Court Paving: | Terra cotta hollow tiles halved. |
Front Steps: | Australian stringybark (eucalpt obliqua). |
Retaining Walls: | Terra cotta hollow tiles. |
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