Architect and engineer . were made inthe elevations and the home is practicallyan exact reproduction of the owners andarchitects original sketches designed forwood construction. The house is of California-Colonial de-sign with stucco exterior and decorativewooden shutters. Clay tile shingles areused for the roof. The central portion ofthe house is two stories in height with aone-story wing at either end. One wingis intended as a large living room and gameroom, and a laundry and two-car garagecomprises the other. The overall frontageof the house on Outpost Drive is 94 feet,with a total depth of
Architect and engineer . were made inthe elevations and the home is practicallyan exact reproduction of the owners andarchitects original sketches designed forwood construction. The house is of California-Colonial de-sign with stucco exterior and decorativewooden shutters. Clay tile shingles areused for the roof. The central portion ofthe house is two stories in height with aone-story wing at either end. One wingis intended as a large living room and gameroom, and a laundry and two-car garagecomprises the other. The overall frontageof the house on Outpost Drive is 94 feet,with a total depth of 39 feet. Because the ground on which this homeis built slopes in two directions it was im-practical to build foundations on one the floor levels of the firststory are set on five different foundation walls and basementwalls were reinforced with steel and car-ried up to first floor level. It took just five days for five men toerect, bolt and weld the entire steel frameof this STEEL FRAME HOUSE—Steel anchorbolts are imbedded in concrete founda-tion to secure column members of thesteel wall framing units. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 36 ? APRIL. NINETEEN THIHIY-FIVE Steel for the walls had been shop fabri-cated and welded, prior to delivery, intounits from 4 to 8 feet wide and one storyin height. The side members of each unitare constructed of hot rolled structural steelchannels with the flanges turned out, sothat when joined together the side membersof two adjacent units form a hollow boxcolumn. The top horizontal member ofeach unit is a light rolled steel beam ofweight sufficient to carry whatever loadsmay be imposed upon it by second storyfloor joists, second story wall columns, orroof trusses. The units are internallybraced with horizontal or diagonal mem-bers. Into each wall unit are framed allwindow and door openings with angle ironsdrilled to take the steel sash. Method of Erection The erection of these steel wall units wasac
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