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supply it should be even cheaper, and will be largely 

 used for structures of small or medium size. As stated 

 above, the cost is low in comparison with other build- 

 ing materials, and much of the labor of building can be 

 done by the owner or his regular help if fairly skilled in 

 the use of tools and such materials. Good brands of 



FIG. 13 The Construction of a Solid-Wall Concrete House, 

 Reinforced by Steel Rods. 



Portland cement fresh from the kiln mixed with from 

 one to three parts of clean sharp sand will make solid 

 walls or blocks, practically as durable as brick or cut 

 stone. 



The Solid Wall. 



Two methods of construction of cement buildings are 

 in use solid walls, and the block system. By the first, 

 solid walls are made by putting up a frame of plank very 

 nicely fitted and filling the space with the mixed cement, 

 sand and stones, raising the frame as each layer of 

 cement becomes hard until the walls are of the desired 

 height. Fig. 13 shows the construction of a solid wall 



