. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . INSULATION. Ail joints must be broken and made tight between thetwo layers of cork. A finish of Portland cement mortar isgenerally applied over the cork. The objection to thismethod of applying insulation is the probability of moisturecollecting betwe
. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . INSULATION. Ail joints must be broken and made tight between thetwo layers of cork. A finish of Portland cement mortar isgenerally applied over the cork. The objection to thismethod of applying insulation is the probability of moisturecollecting between the joists (where there is a floor above).There being no means of ventilation, the lumber will besoon attacked by wood destroying fungi. It is therefore advisable to place the cork on the floorabove, when this can be done, and leave the joists exposedon the underside. 186 INSULATIONFLOOR INSULATION Cellar Floor Where cellar floors are insulated (Figure 112) theexcavation should be carried down far enough to allow foran 8-inch cinder fill being laid over the entire floor area. When the ground is water-soaked and badly drained,it is best to place drain tiles under the cinder fill and con-nect the tile to the sewer or to a cesspool in which the over-flow pipe connects with the sewer. Over the cinders should be laid a base floor of 3-inch. s-tiNDtyi. rii_;t: ?...?.•.?-•.. •???• W^^. ?-???• -•--? ^^=*^4-DD,MN TILL Two LJVYLa<5 ?,-^ BOA-CDL-MD IN HOT ^c^PHALJT F-L0012. TJ^E-INP-OQ-CLDWITH WICL jriNOH3COMCCC_TL FLOOaFIG. 112—DETAIL OP CELLAR FLOOR INSULATION. - concrete which should be carefully graded to all drain out-lets. The concrete floor is then mopped with hot asphaltand the first layer of cork board put down while the asphaltis still hot. In a first-class job the joints between the cork arepoured full with asphalt in order to fill all possible voidsbetween the cork and the concrete base. This will requirea lot of asphalt,
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