HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 
i9D 
Planning the Efficient Cellar 
(Continued from page 34) 
cellar walls may be built of any of the 
ordinary materials if a non-absorbent 
quality is chosen. For instance, any stone 
except soft sandstone may be used, brick 
or hollow tile, if it is vitrified, well-made 
concrete blocks or concrete poured in 
wooden or metal moulds, if the mixture 
contains enough Portland cement and 
sand to prevent its being porous. The 
chief point in making a concrete that is 
not porous lies in putting in enough Port¬ 
land cement and sand to fill the chinks in 
the crushed stone or gravel very thor¬ 
oughly. The mixture should be one part 
cement to three parts sand to six parts 
stone, or for use in a very damp soil, 1 
part cement, 2^/2 sand to 5 of stone. 
In making a wall of poured concrete, 
if a mould is left partially filled over night 
or longer, so that the concrete sets before 
the next batch is poured in, a seam will 
form which will leak, unless care is taken. 
The surface of the set concrete should 
be brushed clean and then covered with 
Portland cement mixed with water before 
the new batch of concrete is poured in. 
Where the ground is very soggy or 
where only porous materials are available, 
further waterproofing may be needed. 
The outside of the walls may be coated 
with hot tar or with a rich mixture of 
Portland cement, hydrated lime (5 pounds 
to 1 bag of cement) and sand, or with 
one of the several waterproofing com¬ 
pounds on the markets, applied when the 
wall is clean and dry. The same method 
may be efficacious on the inside of an old 
cellar which is damp, if the wall is chipped 
so that the surface is clean before the 
application is made. 
The expense of these building mate¬ 
rials varies widely in different localities. 
In a gravel soil it is often economical to 
use poured concrete because the gravel 
dug from the cellar is used in the mixture. 
The items of freight and hauling are so 
considerable that the material nearest at 
hand is usually cheaper, unless it entails 
a heavier labor expense. The owner 
usually needs the expert advice of the 
architect and the contractor on such 
points. 
In loamy or clay soils the bottom of the 
foundation wall must go below the lowest 
penetration of frost to prevent the walls 
being shaken by the expansion of the 
earth’s freezing beneath them. In 
gravelly soil the expansion is not notice¬ 
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