Architect and engineer . FIG. 5—PLAN July, 1930 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, 83 of the building where there was practicallyno ventilation under the floor. In a numberof places the lower ends of the tongue andgroove boards had been destroyed to suchan extent that the paint was all that re-mained (Fig. 5). KVf\ STUDS CUT QTFAT LOWER END. ^W^ The cost of repairs was approximately$950 and the repair work involved the rais-ing of the exterior foundation, replacementof joists and floors on either side of thebuilding and cutting ofT the lower part ofthe exterior walls (Fig. 6). This repaircost could easil
Architect and engineer . FIG. 5—PLAN July, 1930 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, 83 of the building where there was practicallyno ventilation under the floor. In a numberof places the lower ends of the tongue andgroove boards had been destroyed to suchan extent that the paint was all that re-mained (Fig. 5). KVf\ STUDS CUT QTFAT LOWER END. ^W^ The cost of repairs was approximately$950 and the repair work involved the rais-ing of the exterior foundation, replacementof joists and floors on either side of thebuilding and cutting ofT the lower part ofthe exterior walls (Fig. 6). This repaircost could easily have been avoided by notfilling in around the building or by an ex-penditure of $ or $ for additionalfoundation work at the time the buildingwas constructed. In this particular case the pound of curecost considerably more than the ounce ofprevention, the repairs amounting to morethan twenty percent of the original cost ofthe building, whereas proper constructionwould not have added more than one per-cent to the cost of the building. INSTITUTE CENSORSBILLBOARD HE invasion of the gas station androadside house into suburbs and alongmain highways has done irreparable injuryto towns and countryside, it was declaredin a report of the Committee on Preserva-tion of Historic Monuments and NaturalResources, at the recent
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