Contract and Specifications 305 



The excavation to be 1 2" larger all round than is shown on the cellar plan. 



All earth taken from the excavation and not needed for filling in and grading is to be 

 removed from the premises by the Contractor. 



Do all blasting required in a proper manner. After blasting, all beds must be chiselled 

 off level. 



Grading. Fill in around the cellar walls after the cement is dry, and fill in all drains herein 

 specified. 



All fillings to be well rammed or puddled. Grade neatly away from the building. 



Lime, Cement and Sand. All lime for the various works herein mentioned to be "Extra" No. i 

 Rockland, freshly burned and thoroughly slacked. 



Rosendale cement to be Brooklyn Bridge brand Rosendale Hydraulic cement. 



Portland cement to be fresh Atlas Portland cement. 



Sand to be clean, sharp, free from loam and salt, properly screened. 



Mortar. All mortar for the various works herein specified, except for plastering, to be as 

 follows : 



Lime Mortar: One part of lime to three of sand. 



Lime-Rosendale Cement Mortar: One part Rosendale cement, one part lime, five parts sand. 



Lime-Portland Cement Mortar: One part Portland Cement, two parts lime, four parts sand. 



Rosendale Cement Mortar: One part Rosendale cement to two of sand. 



Portland Cement Mortar: One part Portland cement to three of sand. 



Foundations. Build the foundation walls to the height and thickness shown on plan, of 

 best-quality local ledge stone. To be selected, large-sized stone, laid to the lines on inside, well 

 fitted together, and all voids filled solid with spalls and mortar. Each stone firmly bedded and 

 cushioned in place, and all joints filled with mortar. 



All stonework of foundations below grade to be laid in Lime-Portland cement mortar. 



The wails from the grade level to the wooden sill are to be in thickness as shown, with local 

 seam-face ledge stone laid up in Lime-Portland cement mortar. 



The outside joints are to be raked out and pointed with Portland cement mortar coloured 

 as directed. 



Drains. Lay a 5" vitrified tile drain from a point 10' outside of the building to the sewer 

 on Main Street. 



All earthenware pipes to be smooth, salt glazed and cylindrical, free from defects, each length 

 perfectly straight. The ends -of the pipes to be wet before applying the cement, and the space 

 between each hub and the small end of the next section to be completely filled with Portland cement 

 with joints clean inside. Lay with uniform fall and use Y branches for all connections. 



Lay a 4" vitrified tile drain from each leader 10' out from the building, and run into loose 

 stone drains or pits, 3' in diameter, 3' deep, with top 4' below surface of ground. 



Concreting. Level off the cellar bottom, settle thoroughly and put down a concrete bottom 

 2" deep of one part Rosendale cement, two parts sand and three parts clean, coarse, sharp gravel, 

 well tamped; cover this with a coat of one part Portland cement to two of sand, " thick; all flushed 

 up smooth with a true and even surface. 



Brickwork. Build the chimney as shown on drawings, with flues 8"xi2", of brick laid 

 in lime mortar to under side of roof boardings ; above roof to be laid in mortar made of clear 

 cement and sand, coloured as directed and all joints neatly struck. 



All flues to be carried up separately to the top. Plaster every chimney on the outside to 

 under side of roof boarding. Build in lead flashings to be provided by the carpenter. Provide 

 and set iron thimbles in laundry, each attic room, kitchen and furnace flues, also 8" x 8" iron 

 clean-out door and frame in all flues -close to basement floor and 12" x 12" iron clean-out door 

 and frame in ash pits. 



All chimneys, etc., where brickwork is shown on drawings, to be laid up in dimensions as 

 =hown, with sound, hard-burned, well-shaped, merchantable common brick. The outside 

 surfaces to be laid up with selected water-struck brick, all laid up in mortar, as above 

 specified. 



On completion, the Contractor is to thoroughly clean the outside brickwork, using diluted 

 muriatic acid and water, applied with a scrubbing brush. 



