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Mending a Leaky Tank 
Recently there was an iiuniiry in The 
R. X.-Y. concerning the repair of a lejiky 
tank. We had a galvanized windmill 
tank of about -KIO gallons capacity, which 
sprung a leak: by the parting of a seam 
across tjie bottor.i. To repair it a 2 by 4 
scantling about four feet long was placed 
across the bottom, under the seam. This 
was nailed down from the inside of the 
tank. Hot asiihalt was then poured along 
t-lie seam. This made a tight reiuiir. As 
the tank was reinforced at that joint, it 
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Kirkland, Wash. 
Concrete Without Stone 
I wi.sh to build a concrete house, and 
fine sharp sand is all this county has for 
aggregate. Five of this to one of cement 
makes a wall strong enough, but will this 
wall be as strong, or stronger, in 50 
years? Does this lean mixture gain in 
strength its a rich mixture is said to? 
It does not freeze here, and T shall make 
the outer surfiice richer, so as to he 
W’aterproof. A. G. K. 
Florida. 
I understand from your letter that you 
are about to build a house of monolithic 
concrete, using a proportion of one cubic 
foot of cement to five cubic feet of sand. 
Unless the sand which you are to use 
has exceptional cpialities I would thiidc 
this mixture much too lean, making a 
wall weak and ]>orous and one easily 
water soaked. Tlie richer outside emit 
which you mention would be an aid in 
preventing water soaking, but using this 
would recpiire consifterable labor, as 
probably the best means of ajiplying it 
would be to ))laster it to tlie inside of 
the forms as the filling iirogresses, thus 
insuring a perfect bond between the sur¬ 
face coat !'nd the wall proiicr, iireveiitiug 
peeling a.id chipping. 
There are many tpialities in an tiggre- 
gate that affect the strength of a concrete 
made from it. Size of particles, cleanli¬ 
ness and graduation of the size of the 
particles are .some of these. It has been 
pretty well establislied that sharpness has 
very little to do with it, only in that .a 
sharp sand is perhaps more likely to be 
clean than one having rotuHled particles 
as .sj) much lias not been worn from them. 
Other things being eiptal, though, a 
coar.se sand makes a stronger concrete by 
far than does a fine one, and if the iiar- 
ticles are graded in size from tho.se that 
will just pass a tpiartcr-iiich mesh .screen 
down, tlie strength and density are still 
further increased. The reason for this is 
that the smallei* sand particles have a 
greater total surface areti to cover with 
the cement film and a greater pore space 
is left to fill with the cement than in the 
aggregate having the particles graded in 
size—the small particles in this case 
filling the spaces between the larger onc.s 
and making a much denser and stronger 
concrete. For the same reasons the ad¬ 
dition of crnslied rock or gravel to j'our 
mixture will do much to strengthen it 
and secure density with its attendant 
weather-resisting qualities. While it is 
probably true that concrete Increases in 
strength indefinitely, the increase after 
the first few months is sctircely noticeable 
and without value so far as strength 
goes. The different cement companies 
maintain service bureaus for the benefit 
of tlieir customers, both real and pros¬ 
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a sample of the sand whieh you Imve 
available for aggregate and advise you in 
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