Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . bLbUDK plm: ]lCllO!iH. cooo 159 * Concrete Block Dwellings.—Mr. Stanley Barratt thinkscement concrete blocks cheaper than brickwork under the followingconditions :—(a) Best Portland cement at 35/- to 38/- per ton delivered.{b) Sand equal to Thames, 4/6 to 5/- delivered, {c) Labourer 5d. perhour, {d) Layer gd. per hour, and the following proportions for mixing^ yard sand as above to one bag Portland cement and one pail of water. The labour of four labourers for 10 hours makes 120 blocks. Oneblock is equal to 25 brirks. The labour o

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Housing up-to-date (companion volume to the Housing handbook) . bLbUDK plm: ]lCllO!iH. cooo 159 * Concrete Block Dwellings.—Mr. Stanley Barratt thinkscement concrete blocks cheaper than brickwork under the followingconditions :—(a) Best Portland cement at 35/- to 38/- per ton delivered.{b) Sand equal to Thames, 4/6 to 5/- delivered, {c) Labourer 5d. perhour, {d) Layer gd. per hour, and the following proportions for mixing^ yard sand as above to one bag Portland cement and one pail of water. The labour of four labourers for 10 hours makes 120 blocks. Oneblock is equal to 25 brirks. The labour of laying (employing all layers at 9d. per hour),cost two-thirds that ofbrickwork. A comparison of costbetween concrete blocksand brick walls showedon one-floor bungalows asaving of 2,2,}; to 50 percent, on external two-floor buildings itwas about two-thirds cost ofbrickwork. If the blocksare laid carefully, the plastercan be much thinner thanon brick walls, thus savingin material. The above data areobtained from a contractorwho has carried out severalbuildings with the

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