William A. Radford · Radford Architectural Company · leaf 46
al action than 46 CEMENT HOUSES AND HOW TO BUILD THEM. £7 chemical, and is due to the entrance of thefine cement into the microscopic pits on thesurface of the smooth rods. Many de-signers use artificially deformed bars, suchas corrugated bars and twisted steel bars,to increase this adhesion.… … beam there would be very little weightcarrying power. Average Size of Beam. The followingtable of dimensions is suggested for rein-forcements of beams of the ordinary sizes: FOR PRESSURE 125 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT. Fig. 6—Method of form construction for a hollow wall.Notice the reinforcing rods and…