Radford's brick houses and how to build them - a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc.; together with complete (14740791796)

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Title: Radford's brick houses and how to build them : a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc. ; together with complete instruction in the manufacture of brick and its practical uses as a building material selected and compiled by William A. Radford ... Every plan designed and executed by a corps of licensed architects of the highest professional standing, assisted by a staff of expert draftsmen. Over 300 designs and details.

Year: 1912 (1910s)

Authors: Radford, William A., 1865-

Subjects: Brick houses--Designs and plans--Catalogs Architecture, Domestic--United States--Designs and plans--Catalogs Trade catalogs--Architecture, Domestic--Designs and plans.

Publisher: The Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Ill. and New York, N.Y.

Contributing Library: Winterthur Museum Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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he basis spoken of onpage 51, in which connection Table XIis used; and second, the kiln count, oractual number of bricks bought andused, figured on a basis of 17 bricks to will be a little low. The rule of 580 tothe cubic yard, or 20 to the cubic foot,will be nearer. We shall divide the work into parts: 1. All brickwork below top of the first-floor joists; 2. Brickwork above top of first-floor joists; 3. Chimneys; 58 RADFORDS BRICK HOUSES 4. Deduct all openings of over 2 squarefeet and all stonework. Brickwork below Top of First-FloorJoistsFooting—The length around thefoundation wall is about 121 feet.Thickness of footings, 8 inches, or 2/3of a foot; width, 1 foot 10 inches, or 22inches. Then we have: Basement Wall—Wall is 13 inchesthick, and 7*4 feet high to top of first-floor joists. Length around wall is 121feet. 121 X 7% = 90S sq. ft. of wall surface in basement.From Table XI, for 12-inch wall, 900 sq. ft. = 20,250 bricksS sq. ft. = 180 bricks Total for basement, 20,430 bricks

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EOW OF SUBSTANTIAL MODERN BRICK HOUSES, 7 ROOMS, ON LAFAYETTE AVE., CHI-CAGO, ILL., BETWEEN 73d AND 74th STREETS.For elevations and plans, see Figs. 62-67. F^or estimate on brickwork, see page 57. 121 X % = 81 sq. ft. of wall surface in foot-ings. This will be figured under the 20-inchcolumn in Table XI, since it is 5 bricksthick, with i/> inch allowed for each of4 joints. From table for 20-inch wall. 80 sq. ft. — 3.000 bricks1 sq. ft.= 38 bricks For footing, 3.038 bricks Deducting the following windowspace, allowing 8 inches additionalwidth to windows and 10 inches addi-tional depth, for size of frame opening: 1 space 36 x 38 = 1,368 sq. in. 1 space 54 x 38 = 2.052 sq. in. 2 spaces 32 x 38 = 2,432 sq. in.1 space 44 x 38 = 1,672 sq. in.1 space 40 x 38 — 1,520 sq. in. Total, 9,044 sq. in. AND HOW TO BUILD Til KM 59

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