A treatise on architecture and building construction . tion of1 to 2. The method of laying the blocks is similar to thatof stone setting, and is generally done by the bricklayer, theterra-cotta work being carried up simultaneously with thebrickwork. The blocks should be solidly built into or 84 MAvSONRY. 8 anchored firmly to the walls, and all voids should be filledwith brick and mortar, to make as strong work as after the pieces are set, the face joints shouldbe cleaned out at least f inch in depth, so as to preventspalling the edges of the blocks, and to make ready forpo
A treatise on architecture and building construction . tion of1 to 2. The method of laying the blocks is similar to thatof stone setting, and is generally done by the bricklayer, theterra-cotta work being carried up simultaneously with thebrickwork. The blocks should be solidly built into or 84 MAvSONRY. 8 anchored firmly to the walls, and all voids should be filledwith brick and mortar, to make as strong work as after the pieces are set, the face joints shouldbe cleaned out at least f inch in depth, so as to preventspalling the edges of the blocks, and to make ready forpointing. The mortar in all horizontal joints exposed tothe weather, should be raked out to a depth of 2 inches, andthe joint should be calked with oakum, about 1 inch deep,the remaining space being pointed in the usual pointing mortar should be made of about 1 part each ofcement and sand, and colored to correspond with the terracotta. 146. Fig. 71 represents a good example of terra-cottawork, showing the accuracy and neatness with which the. FIG. 71. pieces may be manufactured and laid. The figure representsa doorway, a being the jambs, and d the lintel, which is formedof several pieces, joined at c. 147. When window sills are made in sections, theyshould have lap joints, as represented in Fig. 72, in which ashows the pieces of terra cotta; /?, the j(^int. protected by the 8 MASONRY. 85 half-round roll r; r, the wood sill of the window; and d^ the
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