School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities . asing. Deafening1.— Floors and walls may be effect-ively made sound-proof by so-called deafeningquilt. Thus the disturbing noises of one class-room will not penetrate and annoy the adjoiningroom, while classes may move through corridorsalmost unheard. To accomplish this, walls andpartitions must be carefully lined with the deaf-ener, lapped at the joints. This deafener mustnever be punctured by nails or piping exceptwhere absolutely necessary. This is to preventthe telephonic conduction of sounds through ora
School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities . asing. Deafening1.— Floors and walls may be effect-ively made sound-proof by so-called deafeningquilt. Thus the disturbing noises of one class-room will not penetrate and annoy the adjoiningroom, while classes may move through corridorsalmost unheard. To accomplish this, walls andpartitions must be carefully lined with the deaf-ener, lapped at the joints. This deafener mustnever be punctured by nails or piping exceptwhere absolutely necessary. This is to preventthe telephonic conduction of sounds through oraround the deafener and make the isolation ascomplete as possible. Deafeners should be unin-flammable, moth, vermin and insect-proof, andnon-decaying. Kindergartens, manual trainingrooms and music rooms are defectively built ifnot sound-deadened. Fire Protection.—Exits, doors, stairways,corridors and classrooms should be so arrangedthat at any time an entire building can be emptiedin three or four minutes. Rarely, except in thecase of an explosion, does a fire gain headway in 53.
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