Concrete Floors and Sidewalks

Download or read book Concrete Floors and Sidewalks written by Albert Allison Houghton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Concrete Floors and Sidewalks: A Practical Treatise Explaining the Molding of Concrete Floor and Sidewalk Units, With Plain and Ornamental Surfaces, Also the Construction of Plain and Reinforced Monolithic Floors and Sidewalks IT has been the purpose of the writer to treat the subject of molding concrete floors and sidewalks in the most complete manner, covering not only the molding of plain floor and walk surfaces but the pro duction of the most ornamental effects, by employing mosaic concrete floor tile. The rules of construction are taken up in the reg ular order as the work would progress, treating fully the essential points on foundations and the placing of the forms, as well as materials, proper proportion ing and mixing, placing and tamping, size of slabs, joints, and finishing the surface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.