NEW BUILDING METHOD

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1925, Page 1

NEW BUILDING METHOD

ADOPTED IN Cl lit I ST( 'll FRCH

Cl I R fST’CI I U RCfl. May 11. An entirely new method of building. --! far as Cbristelmreh is eiincorned. is being adopted by Mr 11. Rosindale. builder, of t bis , itv. who lots pot I lie -elieiue into ojieration in the erection of a duelling at Hrvmlwyr. Ibe iroee-s is as follows:

The usual fonmhit inns and I'ramin itb tin- exception of the top plate re u--cd. provision being made al H ol tom and toji of the wall lor vent

The next procedure is to fix ;i mesh galvanised wire netting, staph to the studs on all external and i ternal walls, eommc-nring troni ll I'oundnl ion. This netting cm be o tained in widths to suit any height stud. When one width of netting fixed in position on all walls, galva i-.-d wire clips are placed in posiiii b•-tween each stud in order to seen

cavities, between -tuds io the trip i tin- first width of netting, nro tm filled with clinker. This eliuker. pr< curable at prael ieally tin- cost of ear ing is obtained from the Gas Work City Destructor, and found! ies. Pi mice or sioria ol light type can ills !>-■ used. No ramming or tamping < lids clinker is tequifod. Another r<)' of netting is iiiiiv fixed to studs, an the operation is repealed until 1b lop wall is reached. The roof am chimneys can now he lini-hed eom pletely.

The next process is to envoi - tin* external walls with cement plaster mi siucen or any other simiinr iinish. Th internal walls can he proceeded wit at the .same time with ordinary ce

mom plaster with lime putty finish We now have an inner and outer coal ot host finished work, the interstice.: in the clinker serving as a ventilating channel from the bottom to the top oi the wall, hence the reason for the top plate to Ist fixed on the sides ot studs instead of in the usual way, on the top of the studs. This is briefly the process, its advantages are as follows: Damp proof, sound proot, vermin proof, cool in summer and warm in winter, absolutely hygenie. - conservation of timber, economic of a waste product (clinker). no maintenance charges for painting, insurance considorbaly less, unskilled labour can he largely used, no Direr worries ostial in wood building, and thorough!' draught proof, durable, and substantial building.