A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 255
e edges of the blocks, and to make ready forpointing. The mortar in all horizontal joints exposed tothe weather, should be raked out to a depth of 2 inches, andthe joint should be calked with oakum, about 1 inch deep,the remaining space being pointed in the usual manner.The pointing mortar should… … FIG. 71. pieces may be manufactured and laid. The figure representsa doorway, a being the jambs, and d the lintel, which is formedof several pieces, joined at c. 147. When window sills are made in sections, theyshould have lap joints, as represented in Fig. 72, in which ashows the pieces of terra…
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