. Increasing efficiency and decreasing cost in school house construction with keystone gypsum blocks. io FLUES ness of plastering the inside of ordinary fireproof fluescauses this to cost twice as much as ordinary plaster-ing, while metal flue lining set in place costs from 35c. per sq. ft. In other words, KEYSTONEGYPSUM FEUE BLOCKS reduce the entire costof this work by from 40% to 65%. n — n o O 3 ecr O) o trO o ps3O- 73 ps O n>oo H0&s. Partitions A Foreword Regarding Non-Fireproof Schools N^-^HE importance of the partitions in a schoolo C j building equals, if it does not exceed, t
. Increasing efficiency and decreasing cost in school house construction with keystone gypsum blocks. io FLUES ness of plastering the inside of ordinary fireproof fluescauses this to cost twice as much as ordinary plaster-ing, while metal flue lining set in place costs from 35c. per sq. ft. In other words, KEYSTONEGYPSUM FEUE BLOCKS reduce the entire costof this work by from 40% to 65%. n — n o O 3 ecr O) o trO o ps3O- 73 ps O n>oo H0&s. Partitions A Foreword Regarding Non-Fireproof Schools N^-^HE importance of the partitions in a schoolo C j building equals, if it does not exceed, that of^^^^ the flue construction. There is no class ofbuilding that demands every safeguard that modernfireproofing affords as much as one housing , the realization of this has become so wide-spread that even the smallest communities are willing tosacrifice other features in their public schools, and payincreased taxes, in order to insure the safety of theirchildren during school hours. But there are cases, nevertheless, where the lackof funds compels the use of non-fireproof construction,and in spite of the architects convictions, he is forcedto design his building to come within the availablemoney. Actual fires have shown that the greatest elementof danger in a non-fireproof building is the wood-stud-and-lath partitions. The surfaces of the heavy floorsand plastered ceilings will resist the attack of flamesfor a consi
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