House and Garden 
ordinary conditions 
for about one dollar 
and sixty-five cents per 
running foot. This 
estimate includes price 
of materials, forms and 
labor. If the builder 
were competent to 
supervise the work 
and employed cheap 
lumber for forms and 
ordinary labor, he 
might red uce these 
figures materially. 
The fence or wall 
shown in Figure 8 is a 
more costly and sub¬ 
stantial affair. 
Reference has been |; 
made to the decoration 
of concrete surfaces 
with tiles and mosaics. The 
latter should conform to the 
character of the concrete and 
may, as stated, be but a 
small part of the whole struc¬ 
ture, a mere sprinkling of 
color, so to speak. The trued- 
up, machine pressed tiles, 
common in hotels and other 
public buildings, do not har¬ 
monize with concrete. There 
is required something bearing 
the impress of hand treat¬ 
ment, thus giving emphasis to 
its plastic qualities. The ac¬ 
companying illustrations of 
tiles showthe great possibilities 
of this form of decoration. 
The concrete forms the back¬ 
ground for the tiles, which 
ig. 7. iVlaking a cement fence witli expanded metal. The latter is plastered with cement 
mortar, making a cheap but desirable fence 
may be glazed or unglazed, 
, flat or in high relief. It is a 
matter of regret that the rich 
,'f colors of the tiles cannot be 
reproduced. The designs in 
relief are peculiarly 
' i suited for concrete as they 
conform to its uneven surface. 
In many of the 
the were merely 
pushed the mass of 
concrete or thus doing 
away with the necessity of 
pointing. They look well 
whether used in profusion or 
■ nierely to introduce spots of 
V T'^ color here and there. In other 
words, the design may be gov¬ 
erned by the amount one can 
afford to spend for tiles. A 
bench or column can 
be made to cost any- 
where from two dol¬ 
lars to one hundred 
dollars, so far as 
encrustation with 
tiles or mosaics is 
concerned. 
Referring again to 
the necessity of hav¬ 
ing decorations of 
this character con¬ 
form to the surface of 
the concrete, atten¬ 
tion is directed to 
Fig. 8. Another style of concrete fence or wall 
with tile coping 
Fig. 9. Expanded metal and concrete fence as it appears when finished 
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