A handbook of design containing tables, standards and useful information appertaining to the "steelcrete" system (1911)
The Consolidated Expanded Metal Companies · The Consolidated Expanded Metal Companies · leaf 104
heapest and best waterproofing. It has been demonstrated that aproperly proportioned and properly mixed concrete may be made practically waterproof.It is nevertheless advisable to take every precaution possible. The concrete should bethoroughly mixed to a wet consistency and well tamped. Any good… … nr I I -L Figure 38. If a tank is required to be elevated as on a roof or water tower, the walls may bedesigned with the use of the tables, as given herewith. The floor,, however, becomes aspecial design and here the services of an engineer should be sought. If a tank is to be sunk in the ground,…