FAEM BUILDINGS AND BUILDING 

 CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION — GENERAL LAY-OUT, ARRANGEMENT, AND DESIGN 

 OF FARM BUILDINGS. 



The principal object of the author in writing this book was to produce 

 a work co-ordinating building construction, as practised in South Africa, 

 with the design and erection of farm buildings for that country. 



It has been endeavoured to make the drawings a feature of the book. 

 They are practically all original, and, wherever possible, conventional 

 perspective or isometric views have been given, which should prove 

 of value to those who are not accustomed to reading ordinary two- 

 dimensional drawings. 



It is hoped that the resultiug work will prove useful not only to 

 farmers, builders, etc., but also as a text-book for students attending 

 agricultural colleges, and for teachers. 



Existing books dealing with building construction, and also those on 

 farm buildings suitable for countries other than South Africa, are of 

 comparatively limited application to the latter country. This will be 

 made clear by a few instances, e.g. — 



Corrugated galvanised iron, though ugly and possessing many serious 

 demerits as a building material, yet plays a large part in the construction 

 of farm buildings in South Africa. Its uses and applications have there- 

 fore been treated in this book with a considerable degree of fulness, 

 whereas it is scarcely mentioned in existing British and American text- 

 books. 



Again, corrugated iron as a roof-covering calls for full treatment in 

 a book such as this. Further, the design of roofs suited to the South 

 African climate is quite different from that of roofs for British or 



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