The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . ut do not trowel too much,or it will take on a smooth surface; just work it enoughto force the plaster through the lath and bring it tothe desired thickness. The first or scratch coat shouldbe not less than f inch th
The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . ut do not trowel too much,or it will take on a smooth surface; just work it enoughto force the plaster through the lath and bring it tothe desired thickness. The first or scratch coat shouldbe not less than f inch thick, nor more than J inch,and while it is still wet it should be thoroughly scratchedor roughened with a saw-tooth paddle or other similardevice, to form a tooth for the second coat. As soon as the scratch coat has set sufficiently to sup-port another coat, the finishing coat is applied f inchthick. On three-coat work the intermediate and finalcoats need be only T3^ inch thick, and the intermediatecoat should be scratched the same as the first. Stucco is described in greater detail in the followingchapter. ENCLOSING WALLS 123 METAL LATH CONSTRUCTION Another interesting method of construction is shownin Figs. 65 and 66. A specially manufactured metallath, reinforced by rigid-ribbed members incorporated in the lath, is plastered on both sides with cement, and ceiling; ?/\NCL. T^rsCL Tancl ULCVATION or rCNCC li ISfl $ •j* o Fig. 63.—Metal lath temporarilybraced ready for plaster. Fig. 64.—Metal lathand plaster fence. thus converted into a solid wall or partition. Neitherstuds nor forms are necessary; the sheets of metal lathare set up and braced temporarily, as indicated inFig. 63, and after the plaster is applied and has had achance to set, the wall is complete. Construction of this kind has remarkable strength, i24 THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER and may be compared to reinforced concrete, for suchit really is. It has been successfully used for curtainwalls in factories, for pa
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