. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . try to the other, have quickened a demand for something more pernuuient than fi-ame construction, wood or metal lathing. Cement plaster is an excellent nuiterial, bul it rcciuires a firm base of non-shrinking masonry to give exterior plaster the efficient results. When a frame building shrinks the ])laster cracks, for no matter how well done it is, plaster will not stand any movement of the franie underneath without crack- ing, and sometimes, when th
. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . try to the other, have quickened a demand for something more pernuuient than fi-ame construction, wood or metal lathing. Cement plaster is an excellent nuiterial, bul it rcciuires a firm base of non-shrinking masonry to give exterior plaster the efficient results. When a frame building shrinks the ])laster cracks, for no matter how well done it is, plaster will not stand any movement of the franie underneath without crack- ing, and sometimes, when the movement is particu-larly intense, it disintegrates and drops off in large sheets. It is possible to get a gcjod job of plastering on frame construction, but the best results arc assured when hollow tile is the structural nuiterial. To fill this demand foi- an economical building sul)stance suitable for ce-ment-plastered and brick- ^cneered houses, the new terra-cotta tile are made with deep grooves on fom- faces. Into these grooves the plaster flows and grij)s, PLASTER SOPFIT OALVANIZED STEELOUTTER 8xli»l2 TERRA COTTAHOLLOW TILR. DEEP GROOVEDEOR PLASTER L TILE 8EARIM0 IMTERIOR. PLASTErR 8xl£xl2 TERRACOTTAHOLLOW TILE IMTfBIOR PLASTfR yVOOD FLOOR. ? SLEEPERSCOnCRETE
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