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strong wood brackets can be secured to the wood uprights to 

 carry the scaffold-planks. 



Figs. 11 and 12. 



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-Wall-huilding in Concrete. 



Fig. 11. 



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Fis. 12. 





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Special provision will have to be made for fireplaces and for 

 gables ; this would be arranged by the managing man, who 

 should be a carpenter. Door and window 

 frames should be built in, partially driving 

 a few nails in at the backs of the frames, 

 so as to take a firm hold of the concrete. 

 Joists, too, should be fixed in place, and 

 either wood fillets, hoop iron, or nails 

 driven in at the ends, so as to secure them 

 to the concrete, and form a perfect tie from 

 wall to wall, see Fig. 13, p. 220 (one side 

 showing nails driven in, and the other side the wood fillet). In 

 the case of any opening being required, such as fireplaces or 

 arches, &.C., wood cores or moulds made tapering should be used, 

 so as to be afterwards easily withdrawn when the concrete was 

 set ; wood cores will be required for chimney flues, which may 

 be either round, square, or oval, and by the same means air-flues 

 or other openings for ventilation can be easily formed as the 

 work proceeds. 



The face of concrete being smooth, no pargetting will be 

 required for flues, and also one coat of plastering to walls will 

 be saved. The floors of kitchens, &c., if formed with concrete, 



